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Pycnodontoidei
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Rank | suborder (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Pycnodontiformes : Pycnodontoidei | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 115 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 4 (3.5%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 296 - 290 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Pycnodontiformes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | durophage, carnivore (based on Pycnodontiformes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. R. Nursall. 1996. The phylogeny of pycnodont fishes. In G. Arratia, G. Viohl (eds.), Mesozoic Fishes – Systematics and Paleoecology. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Brembodontidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Coccodontidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Pycnodontes family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 282 | 296 Ma Permian | 0 Ma Extant | |
Eomesodon ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1966 | Pycnodontoidei Casier p. 104 |
1996 | Pycnodontoidei Nursall p. 134 |
2003 | Pycnodontoidei Forey et al. p. 228 |
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!