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Plethodidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)121382https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=121382
Rankfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Tselfatiiformes : Plethodidae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii
classActinopteri
subclassNeopterygii
-TeleosteomorphaArratia et al. 2004
-Teleostei
orderTselfatiiformesNelson 1994
familyPlethodidaeLoomis 1900
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Plethodidaefamilybelongs to Tselfatiiformesstated without evidenceCumbaa et al., 2006
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Tselfatiiformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Tselfatiiformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. L. Cumbaa, C. Schröder-Adams, and R. G. Day, A. J. Phillips. 2006. Cenomanian bonebed faunas from the northeastern margin, Western Interior Seaway. In S. G. Lucas and R. M. Sullivan (eds.), Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from the Western Interior. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35:139-155

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Bananogmius
genus
listed (PBDB)886.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1900Plethodidae Loomis
2006Plethodidae Cumbaa et al. p. 149
2006Plethodidae Shimada et al. p. 25

References

Cumbaa S. L., Schröder-Adams C., et al (2006) Cenomanian bonebed faunas from the northeastern margin, Western Interior Seaway, Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from the Western Interior. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35, 139-155
Shimada K., Schumacher B. A., et al (2006) Fossil marine vertebrates from the lowermost Greenhorn Limestone (Upper Cretaceous: Middle Cenomanian) in southeastern Colorado, Journal of Paleontology 80 sp 63, 1-45
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!
 
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