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Dipnoiformes
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| Rank | order (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Dipnoiformes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (6.7%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 409 - 403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. Dineley and S. Metcalf. 1999. Chapter 1. British fossil fish and amphibian sites. Fossil Fishes of Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Diabolepidida ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Dipnorhynchidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 388 Ma Middle Devonian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1990 | Dipnoiformes Cloutier |
| 1993 | Dipnoiformes Schultze |
| 1999 | Dipnoiformes Dineley and Metcalf p. 11 |
| 2005 | Dipnoiformes Young and Schultze |
| 2011 | Dipnoiformes Long p. 244 |
| 2014 | Dipnoiformes Krupina and Prisyazhnaya |
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!
