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Orodontidae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Orodontiformes : Orodontidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 331 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 290 - 272 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Holocephali) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Holocephali) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. Chahud, T. R. Fairchild, and S. Petri. 2010. Chondrichthyans from the base of the Irati Formation (Early Permian, Paraná Basin), São Paulo, Brazil. Gondwana Research 18:528-537 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Adiapneustes ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Eoorodus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Hercynolepis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Lophodus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Octinapsis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Orodus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 17 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 290 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1878 | Orodontidae de Koninck |
1902 | Orodontidae Hay p. 295 |
1963 | Orodontidae Jordan p. 595 |
1981 | Orodontidae Zangerl p. 91 |
2006 | Orodontidae Nelson p. 43 |
2010 | Orodontidae Chahud et al. p. 532 |
2010 | Orodontidae Ginter et al. p. 110 |
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!