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Sibyrhynchidae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Iniopterygia : Sibyrhynchidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 315 - 307 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 304 - 299 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Chondrichthyes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Chondrichthyes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. Zangerl and G. R. Case. 1973. Iniopterygia, a New Order of Chondrichthyan Fishes from the Pennsylvanian of North America. Fieldiana Geology Memoirs 6:1-67 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Iniopera ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 31 | 315 Ma Carboniferous | 307 Ma Carboniferous | |
Inioxyele ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 304 Ma Carboniferous | 304 Ma Carboniferous | |
Sibyrhynchus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 26 | 315 Ma Carboniferous | 304 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1973 | Sibyrhynchidae Zangerl and Case p. 35 |
1981 | Sibyrhynchidae Zangerl p. 43 |
2010 | Sibyrhynchidae Pradel p. 604 |
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!