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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	65496	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=65496

Rank

family (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Redfieldiidae

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
superclass	Actinopterygii
class	Actinopteri
subclass	Chondrostei	Müller 1844
order	Palaeonisciformes	Hay 1902
suborder	Redfieldioidei
family	Redfieldiidae	Hutchinson 1973

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Redfieldiidae	family	belongs to Redfieldiiformes	stated without evidence	Martin, 1982
Redfieldiidae	family	belongs to Redfieldiformes	stated without evidence	Heckert, 2004
Redfieldiidae	family	belongs to Osteichthyes	implied	Irmis, 2005
Redfieldiidae	family	belongs to Redfieldioidei	stated with evidence	Nelson, 2006

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

290 - 272 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

199 - 174 Ma
Jurassic

Environment

marine (based on Vertebrata)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Palaeonisciformes)

Diet

carnivore (based on Palaeonisciformes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. A. Murry. 1986. Vertebrate paleontology of the Dockum Group, western Texas and eastern New Mexico. In K. Padian (ed.), The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs: Faunal Change Across the Triassic–Jurassic Boundary. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Brookvalia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Cionichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	10	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Dictyopyge ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	3	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Helichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Lasalichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	8	237 Ma Middle Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Mauritanichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Redfieldius ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	4	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	199 Ma Early Jurassic
Synorichthys ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	11	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1973	Redfieldiidae Hutchinson
1982	Redfieldiidae Martin p. 363
1989	Redfieldiidae Murry p. 259
2004	Redfieldiidae Heckert p. 77
2005	Redfieldiidae Irmis p. 65
2006	Redfieldiidae Nelson p. 91

References

Murry P. A. (1986) Vertebrate paleontology of the Dockum Group, western Texas and eastern New Mexico, The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs: Faunal Change Across the Triassic–Jurassic Boundary. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 109-137

Martin M. (1982) Les Actinoptérygiens (Perleidifomes et Redfieldiiformes) du Trias supérieur continental du couloir d'Argana (Atlas occidental, Maroc) [The actinopterygians (Perleidiformes and Redfieldiiformes) from the continental Upper Triassic of the Argana valley (western Atlas, Morocco)], Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 162 3, 352-372

Murry P. A. (1989) Microvertebrate fossils from the Petrified Forest and Owl Rock Members (Chinle Formation) in Petrified Forest National Park and vicinity, Arizona, Dawn of the Age of Dinosaurs in the American Southwest, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, 249-277

Heckert A. B. (2004) Late Triassic microvertebrates from the lower Chinle Group (Otischalkian-Adamanian: Carnian), southwestern U.S.A., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 27, 1-170

Irmis R. B. (2005) The vertebrate fauna of the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation in northern Arizona, In S. J. Nesbitt, W. G. Parker, & R. B. Irmis (eds.), Guidebook to the Triassic Formations of the Colorado Plateau in Northern Arizona: Geology, Paleontology, and History. Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin 9, 63-88

Nelson J. S. (2006) , Fishes of the world, 4th edition, 1-601

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!

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