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Cyclostomi
Source Data |
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Rank | unranked clade (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Cyclostomi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 10 (71%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 305 - 303 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Chordata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | T. Miyashita, M. I. Coates, and R. Farrar, P. Larson, P. L. Manning, R. A. Wogelius, N. P. Edwards, J. Anné, U. Bergmann, A. R. Palmer, P. J. Currie. 2019. Hagfish from the Cretaceous Tethys Sea and a reconciliation of the morphological–molecular conflict in early vertebrate phylogeny. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, U.S.A 116(6):2146-2151 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Myxinoidea subclass | listed (PBDB) | Hagfish | 2 | 305 Ma Carboniferous | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1806 | Cyclostomi Duméril p. 2147 |
2019 | Cyclostomi Miyashita et al. p. 2147 |
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!