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Palaeoniscoidei ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | suborder (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Palaeoniscoidei | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 225 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 384 - 382 Ma Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 145 - 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Palaeonisciformes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Palaeonisciformes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. Daly. 1973. A Lower Permian vertebrate fauna from southern Oklahoma. Journal of Paleontology 47(3):562-589 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Acrolepidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 56 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Amblypteridae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 280 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
Birgeriidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 91 | 252 Ma Permian | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Dicellopygidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 290 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
Elonichthyidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 27 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 260 Ma Permian | |
Palaeoniscidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 287 | 384 Ma Middle Devonian | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Pygopteridae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 34 | 265 Ma Permian | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Rhabdolepidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
Rhadinichthyidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 14 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
Lawrenciella ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 307 Ma Carboniferous | 307 Ma Carboniferous | |
Muensterichthys ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 260 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
Zhejiangichthys ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 254 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1967 | Palaeoniscoidei Schaeffer |
1973 | Palaeoniscoidei Daly p. 564 |
2006 | Palaeoniscoidei Nelson p. 91 |
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!