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Colobodontidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Perleidiformes : Colobodontidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 252 - 251 Ma Phanerozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 209 - 201 Ma Mesozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Actinopterygii) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Colobodus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 62 | 252 Ma Permian | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Procheirichthys ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 237 Ma Middle Triassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1916 | Colobodontidae Stensiö |
| 1980 | Colobodontidae Martin p. 446 |
| 1982 | Colobodontidae Martin p. 355 |
| 1986 | Colobodontidae Murry |
| 1989 | Colobodontidae Murry p. 259 |
| 1999 | Colobodontidae Cartanyá p. 542 |
| 2005 | Colobodontidae Irmis p. 66 |
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!
