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Phyllodontidae ✝
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Elopiformes : Phyllodontidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 16.0 - 13.6 Ma Miocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Elopiformes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Elopiformes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Peng, A. P. Russell, and D. B. Brinkman. 2001. Vertebrate microsite assemblages (exclusive of mammals) from the Foremost and Oldman Formations of the Judith River Group (Campanian) of southeastern Alberta: an illustrated guide. Provincial Museum of Alberta, Natural History Occasional Paper 25:1-54 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Paralbulinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Phyllodontinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 16 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Egertonia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 15 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 47.8 Ma Eocene | |
Paralbula ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 80 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 46.2 Ma Eocene | |
Phyllodus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 17 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 16.0 Ma Miocene |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1875 | Phyllodontidae Sauvage |
1966 | Phyllodontidae Casier p. 226 |
1970 | Phyllodontidae Estes and Berberian pp. 3-4 |
1978 | Phyllodontidae Estes and Hiatt p. 2 |
1988 | Phyllodontidae Case and Schwimmer p. 299 |
1989 | Phyllodontidae Bryant p. 26 |
Year | Name and Author |
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1993 | Phyllodontidae Cvancara and Hoganson p. 14 |
1999 | Phyllodontidae Weems p. 58 |
2001 | Phyllodontidae Peng et al. p. 15 |
2015 | Phyllodontidae Otero et al. p. 7 |
2019 | Phyllodontidae Ebersole et al. p. 156 |
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!