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Metaxygnathus ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Metaxygnathus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 372 - 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 372 - 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. A. Clack, P. E. Ahlberg, and H. Blom, S. M. Finney. 2012. A new genus of Devonian tetrapod from North-East Greenland, with new information on the lower jaw of Ichthyostega. Palaeontology 55(1):73-86 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Metaxygnathus denticulatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1977 | Metaxygnathus Campbell and Bell pp. 369-381 |
2015 | Metaxygnathus Clack and Milner p. 28 |
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!