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Ptycholepiformes ✝

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	35073	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35073

Rank

order (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Ptycholepiformes

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ptycholepiformes	order	belongs to Osteichthyes	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Ptycholepiformes	order	belongs to Chondrostei	stated with evidence	Long, 2011

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

252 - 251 Ma
Phanerozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

152 - 140 Ma
Mesozoic

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	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ptycholepididae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)	91	252 Ma Permian	152 Ma Late Jurassic
Chungkingichthyes ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Yuchoulepis ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)

Year	Name and Author
2002	Ptycholepiformes Sepkoski, Jr.
2011	Ptycholepiformes Long p. 242

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

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!