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Pteraspidomorpha ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | class (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Pteraspidomorpha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 237 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 479 - 466 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Chordata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite (based on Craniata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. Van Der Laan. 2019. Family-group names of fossil fishes. European Journal of Taxonomy 466:1-167 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Astraspida ✝ subclass | listed (PBDB) | 22 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 443 Ma Silurian | |
Heterostraci ✝ subclass | listed (PBDB) | 236 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2019 | Pteraspidomorpha Van Der Laan p. 15 |
References
Van Der Laan R. (2019) Family-group names of fossil fishes, European Journal of Taxonomy 466, 1-167 doi:10.5852/ejt.2018.466 |
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!