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Palaeospinacidae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Synechodontiformes : Palaeospinacidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 296 - 290 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Synechodontiformes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Synechodontiformes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Peng, A. P. Russell, and D. B. Brinkman. 2001. Vertebrate microsite assemblages (exclusive of mammals) from the Foremost and Oldman Formations of the Judith River Group (Campanian) of southeastern Alberta: an illustrated guide. Provincial Museum of Alberta, Natural History Occasional Paper 25:1-54 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Macrourogaleus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Nemacanthus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 31 | 269 Ma Permian | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Palidiplospinax ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 18 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Synechodus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 169 | 296 Ma Permian | 47.8 Ma Eocene |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1843 | Thyellina prisca Agassiz p. 378 |
1872 | Palaeospinax Egerton |
1872 | Palaeospinax priscus Egerton |
1889 | Palaeospinax Woodward p. 321 |
1889 | Palaeospinax priscus Woodward p. 322 |
1906 | Palaeospinacidae Regan |
1963 | Palaeospinax Jordan p. 596 |
1982 | Palaeospinax Duffin p. 2 |
1983 | Palaeospinacidae Thies p. 11 |
1983 | Palaeospinax Thies p. 11 |
1983 | Palaeospinax priscus Thies p. 11 figs. pl. 1, figs 1-4 |
1993 | Palaeospinacidae Duffin and Ward p. 58 |
1995 | Palaeospinacidae Delsate and Godefroit p. 28 |
1997 | Palaeospinacidae Johns p. 33 |
Year | Name and Author |
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1997 | Palaeospinacidae Siverson p. 457 |
2000 | Palaeospinacidae Rees p. 416 |
2001 | Palaeospinacidae Peng et al. p. 11 |
2002 | Palaeospinacidae Delsate et al. p. 12 |
2002 | Palaeospinax Sepkoski, Jr. |
2002 | Palaeospinacidae Underwood |
2003 | Palaeospinacidae Kriwet p. 585 |
2004 | Palaeospinacidae Underwood and Ward p. 477 |
2004 | Palaeospinacidae Yamagishi p. 570 |
2005 | Palaeospinacidae Ivanov p. 134 |
2006 | Palaeospinacidae Underwood p. 233 |
2010 | Paleospinacidae Ginter et al. p. 106 |
2019 | Palaeospinacidae Stumpf and Kriwet p. 642 |
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!