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Protopanderodontidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Protopanderodontida : Protopanderodontidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 501 - 485 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 371 - 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Conodonta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Conodonta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Conodonta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite (based on Conodonta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | Z. Ji and C. R. Barnes. 1996. Uppermost Cambrian and Lower Ordovician conodont biostratigraphy of the Survey Peak Formation (Ibexian/Tremadoc), Wilcox Pass, Alberta, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 70(5):871-890 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Drepanodus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 216 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 371 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Eucharodus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Polycostatus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 10 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Stultodontus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Ventricodus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1970 | Protopanderodontidae Lindström |
| 1984 | Protopanderodontinae Stouge |
| 2002 | Protopanderodontidae Pyle and Barnes |
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!
