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Diplacanthidae ✝
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Acanthodei : Diplacanthidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 423 - 419 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 383 - 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Chondrichthyes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Chondrichthyes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Anderson. 2001. The phylogenetic trunk: maximal inclusion of taxa with missing data in an analysis of the Lepospondyli (Vertebrata, Tetrapoda). Systematic Biology 50:170-193 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Brachyacanthus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Climatius ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 423 Ma Silurian | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Diplacanthus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Marsdenius ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1891 | Diplacanthidae Woodward |
1902 | Diplacanthidae Hay p. 274 |
1963 | Diplacanthidae Jordan p. 591 |
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!