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Cheirothrix ✝
Description | Cheirothrix (meaning "hand hair") is a genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheirothrix, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Aulopiformes : Cheirothricidae : Cheirothrix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Cheirothrix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Cheirothrix Pictet & Humbert, 1866 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Poissons Foss. Liban | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Actinopterygii) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheirothrix |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Cheirothrix lewisii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Chirothrix lewisi ✝ species | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Chirothrix libanicus ✝ species | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Cleirothrix Marck & Schlüter, 1868 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Aulopiformes : Cheirothricidae : Cleirothrix |
Megapus Schlüter, 1868 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Aulopiformes : Cheirothricidae : Megapus |
Chirothrix Zittel, 1888 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Aulopiformes : Cheirothricidae : Chirothrix |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1888 | Chirothrix Zittel |
1901 | Chirothrix Woodward p. 280 |
2002 | Chirothrix Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!