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Holoptychiidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Porolepiformes : Holoptychiidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 408 - 388 Ma Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 359 - 323 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | S. V. Moloshnikov. 2007. Psammosteiforms (Agnatha, Heterostraci) from the Lower Frasnian of the Mikhailovskii Mine, Kursk Region, Russia. Paleontological Journal 41(5):84-88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Apedodus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Holoptychius ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 13 | 384 Ma Middle Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Laccognathus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 384 Ma Middle Devonian | 384 Ma Middle Devonian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1860 | Holoptychiidae Owen |
| 1887 | Holoptychiidae Cope p. 1018 |
| 1891 | Holoptychiidae Woodward p. 321 |
| 1902 | Holoptychiidae Hay p. 358 |
| 1963 | Holoptychidae Jordan p. 608 |
| 2000 | Holoptychiidae Schultze |
| 2007 | Holoptychiidae Moloshnikov p. 312 |
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!
