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Gnathostomata
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Rank | superclass (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Gnathostomata | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Common Name | jawed fish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 59,029 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 12,284 (21%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 466 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Chordata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. Gegenbauer. 1874. Grundriss der Vergleichenden Anatom |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Chondrichthyes class | listed (PBDB) | Cartilaginous Fish | 13,793 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 0 Ma Extant |
Ichthyes class | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Thelodonti ✝ subclass | listed (PBDB) | 54 | 443 Ma Silurian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Lupopsyroides ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Obtusacanthus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Plectrodus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Qilinyu ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 427 Ma Silurian | 427 Ma Silurian | |
Chondrichthiomorphi ✝ unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Osteichthyes unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | Bony Fish | 197,813 | 443 Ma Silurian | 0 Ma Extant |
Placodermiomorphi ✝ unranked clade | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1874 | Gnathostomata Gegenbauer p. 408 |
1898 | Gnathostomata Gadow p. 5 |
1934 | Gnathostomata Säve-Söderbergh p. 17 |
1999 | Gnathostomata Dineley and Metcalf p. 11 |
2001 | Gnathostomata Donoghue and Smith p. 18 |
2003 | Gnathostomata Meyer and Zardoya |
2011 | Gnathostomata Long p. 241 |
2017 | Gnathostomata Richter et al. p. 110 |
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!