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Whatcheeriidae ✝
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Whatcheeriidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 345 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 339 - 331 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | brackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. A. Clack. 2002. An early tetrapod from "Romer’s Gap". Nature 418:72-76 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Occidens ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Ossinodus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 347 Ma Carboniferous | 347 Ma Carboniferous | |
Pederpes ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 354 Ma Carboniferous | 354 Ma Carboniferous | |
Whatcheeria ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 339 Ma Carboniferous | 339 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2002 | Whatcheeriidae Clack p. 73 |
2005 | Whatcheeriidae Clack and Finney p. 316 fig. 1 |
2015 | Whatcheeriidae Clack and Milner |
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!