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Osteichthyes
Source Data |
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Rank | unranked clade (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Common Name | bony fish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 55,137 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 11,887 (22%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 443 - 439 Ma Silurian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | T. H. Huxley. 1880. On the application of the laws of evolution to the arrangement of the Vertebrata, and more particularly of the Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London 43:649-662 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Actinopterygii class | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Ray-finned Fish | 13,131 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 0 Ma Extant |
Hypostomata class | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Malacostomata class | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Teleostomata class | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Aspidoganoidei ✝ subclass | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Azygostei ✝ subclass | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Dipneusta subclass | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Placodermi subclass | listed (PBDB) | Armour-plated Fish | 91 | 427 Ma Silurian | 0 Ma Extant |
Cephaloxeniformes ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Dipteriformes order | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Ganoidei order | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 272 Ma Permian | 0 Ma Extant | |
Iniomi order | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 269 Ma Permian | 0 Ma Extant | |
Coregonidae family | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Andreolepis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 427 Ma Silurian | 421 Ma Silurian | |
Argentinoideorum ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Charitosaurus ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Crenilepis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Cyclotomodon ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
Lepidoleprus genus | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Lophosteus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 423 Ma Silurian | 423 Ma Silurian | |
Merlangius genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Nothosoma ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Otolithopsis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Percidarum ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 19.0 Ma Miocene | |
Preophiodon genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Ptilichnus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Rhytiodus genus | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Tythonichthys genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
Acanthodii ✝ unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | Spiny Fish | 55 | 426 Ma Silurian | 260 Ma Permian |
Actinopterygii unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | Ray-finned Fish | 141 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 0 Ma Extant |
Sarcopterygii class | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Lobe-finned Fish | 183,495 | 443 Ma Silurian | 0 Ma Extant |
Teleostomi unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 44 | 409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1758 | Pisces Linnaeus p. 12 |
1866 | Pisces Haeckel p. CXXI |
1880 | Osteichthyes Huxley p. 662 |
1898 | Pisces Gadow p. 5 |
1899 | Pattonia Peach p. 115 |
1899 | Pattonia couttsi Peach p. 115 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-1e |
1902 | Pisces Hay p. 338 |
1904 | Pisces Eastman p. 74 |
1911 | Pisces Jaekel pp. 17, 25 |
1933 | Osteichthyes Gunnell |
Year | Name and Author |
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1969 | Pattonia Hoffman p. 578 |
1981 | Osteichthyes Thurmond and Jones p. 79 |
1982 | Osteichthyes Gardiner p. 228 |
1989 | Osteichthyes Shoshani et al. p. 435 |
1999 | Osteichthyes Dineley and Metcalf p. 11 |
2002 | Osteichthyes Sepkoski, Jr. |
2003 | Osteichthyes Meyer and Zardoya |
2007 | Osteichthyes Johanson et al. |
2011 | Osteichthyes Long p. 242 |
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!
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