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Tarrasiiformes ✝

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	35068	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35068

Rank

order (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Tarrasiiformes	order	belongs to Osteichthyes	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Tarrasiiformes	order	belongs to Chondrostei	stated without evidence	Long, 2011
Tarrasiiformes	order	belongs to Actinopterygii	stated with evidence	Sallan, 2012

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

345 - 343 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

345 - 343 Ma
Carboniferous

Environment

marine (based on Vertebrata)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Actinopterygii)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Tarrasius ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	345 Ma Carboniferous	345 Ma Carboniferous

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Long J. A. (2011) , The Rise of Fishes: 500 Million Years of Evolution (Second Edition), 1-287

Sallan L. (2012) Tetrapod-like axial regionalization in an early ray-finned fish, Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279, 3264-3271

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!