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Turinia ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Coelolepidae : Turinia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 419 - 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 411 - 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Chordata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite (based on Craniata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. L. Dineley and S. J. Metcalfe. 1999. Chapter 4. Early Devonian fossil fishes sites of the Welsh Borders. Fossil Fishes of Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Turinia pagei ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Turinia polita ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1896 | Turinia Traquair |
| 1999 | Turinia Dineley and Metcalfe |
| 2001 | Turinia Donoghue and Smith pp. 18-19 |
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!
