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Acrodontidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Acrodontidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 299 - 296 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 7.25 - 3.60 Ma Neogene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Chondrichthyes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Chondrichthyes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. A. Murry. 1989. Microvertebrate fossils from the Petrified Forest and Owl Rock Members (Chinle Formation) in Petrified Forest National Park and vicinity, Arizona. In S. G. Lucas and A. P. Hunt (eds.), Dawn of the Age of Dinosaurs in the American Southwest, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Acrodontinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 40 | 260 Ma Permian | 7.25 Ma Miocene | |
| Acrodus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 162 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 59.2 Ma Paleocene | |
| Palaeobates ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 31 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Sinacrodus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 254 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1959 | Acrodontidae Casier |
| 1975 | Acrodontidae Herman p. 17 |
| 1989 | Acrodontidae Murry p. 253 |
| 1990 | Acrodontidae Kindlimann p. 834 |
| 1993 | Acrodontidae Delsate and Duffin p. 114 |
| 1997 | Acrodontidae Johns p. 30 |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1998 | Acrodontidae Mutter p. 517 |
| 2003 | Acrodontidae Delsate p. 4 |
| 2004 | Acrodontidae Yamagishi p. 568 |
| 2008 | Acrodontidae Chrzastek p. 228 |
| 2010 | Acrodontidae Ginter et al. p. 89 |
| 2013 | Acrodontidae Pla et al. p. 771 |
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!
