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Vertebrata
Source Data |
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Rank | subphylum (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Vertebrata | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Common Name | vertebrate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 60,393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 12,342 (20%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 541 - 530 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Chordata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. -B. Lamarck. 1801. Système des Animaux sans Vertèbres, ou Tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. 8:1-432 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Acrania subphylum | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Craniota subphylum | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 0 Ma Extant | |
Pachycardia subphylum | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Gnathostomata superclass | listed (PBDB) | Jawed Fish | 211,670 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 0 Ma Extant |
Agnatha class | listed (PBDB) | Jawless Fish | 103 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 0 Ma Extant |
Conodonta ✝ class | listed (PBDB) | Conodont | 32,754 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 199 Ma Early Jurassic |
Galeaspida ✝ class | listed (PBDB) | 47 | 439 Ma Silurian | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Herpetichthyes class | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Myzichthyes class | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Ostracophori ✝ class | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Petromyzontida class | listed (PBDB) | 34 | 443 Ma Silurian | 0 Ma Extant | |
Pituriaspida ✝ class | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Cephalaspidomorpha subclass | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Saurornia ✝ subclass | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Ammopus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Apedolepis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Artenolepis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Auchenaspis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 431 Ma Silurian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Eosaurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Hoplichnus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Hypichthyes genus | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Lepidotosaurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 260 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
Palaeoxyris ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
Toxichnus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Trihamus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Cyclostomi unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 305 Ma Carboniferous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Eotetrapoda unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Protetrapoda unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1801 | Vertebrata Lamarck |
1866 | Vertebrata Haeckel p. CXVI |
1890 | Tidaeus Ameghino |
1893 | Mannodon Ameghino |
1894 | Mannodon Ameghino p. 84 |
1989 | Vertebrata Shoshani et al. p. 435 |
1998 | Vertebrata Zrzavy et al. |
Year | Name and Author |
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1999 | Vertebrata Dineley and Metcalf p. 11 |
1999 | Vertebrata Shu et al. p. 43 |
2001 | Vertebrata Donoghue and Smith p. 18 |
2012 | Vertebrata Nielsen p. 377 |
2016 | Vertebrata Brusca et al. |
2017 | Vertebrata Richter et al. p. 110 |
2019 | Vertebrata Van Der Laan p. 15 |
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!