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Histiothrissa ✝
Description | Histiothrissa is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the Santonian. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histiothrissa, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Clupeiformes : Histiothrissa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Histiothrissa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Histiothrissa Woodward, 1901 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Cat. Foss. Fish. Brit. Mus., 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | A. S. Woodward. 1901. Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histiothrissa |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Histiothrissa crassapinna ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Histiothrissa macrodactyla ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Sardinius crassapinna species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Sardinius macrodactyla species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1901 | Histiothrissa Woodward |
2002 | Histiothrissa 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!