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Laoporus ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Laoporus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 299 - 252 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | brackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. Tresise and W. A. S. Sarjeant. 1997. The Tracks of Triassic Vertebrates: Fossil Evidence from North-West England. |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Laoporus ambiguus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 299 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1918 | Laoporus Lull |
1997 | Laoporus Tresise and Sarjeant |
References
Tresise G., Sarjeant W. A. S. (1997) The Tracks of Triassic Vertebrates: Fossil Evidence from North-West England, 1-204 |
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!