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Coelolepididae ✝
| Description | Coelolepidae is an extinct family of thelodont vertebrate agnathans that lived during the Silurian. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelolepididae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Coelolepididae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Coelolepididae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 411 - 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Chordata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite (based on Craniata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | T. Marss and V. Karatajute-Talimaa. 2002. Ordovician and Lower Silurian thelodonts from Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago (Russia). Geodiversitas 24(2):381-404 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelolepididae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Larolepis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Thelodus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 210 | 443 Ma Silurian | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Turinia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Coelolepidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Chordata : Coelolepidae |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1856 | Coelolepididae Pander |
| 2001 | Coelolepidae Donoghue and Smith p. 18 |
| 2002 | Coelolepidae Marss and Karatajute-Talimaa p. 400 |
| 2002 | Coelolepididae Sansom and Elliott p. 868 |
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!
