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Pholidopleuridae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Pholidopleuriformes : Pholidopleuridae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 260 - 254 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 228 - 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Actinopterygii) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | T. Bürgin. 1992. Basal ray-finned fishes (Osteichthyes; Actinopterygii) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Canton Tessin, Switzerland). Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 114:1-164 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Arctosomus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Australosomus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 22 | 260 Ma Permian | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Pholidopleurus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 16 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1949 | Pholidopleuridae Nielsen |
1980 | Pholidopleuridae Beltan p. 458 |
1992 | Pholidopleuridae Bürgin p. 41 |
1999 | Pholidopleuridae Sytchevskaya p. 451 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!