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Paredestus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)209101https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=209101
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Eugeneodontiformes : Paredestus
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
classChondrichthyesHuxley 1880
subclassHolocephali
orderEugeneodontiformes
superfamilyEdestoideaHay 1930
genusParedestusMutter and Neuman 2008
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Paredestusgenusbelongs to Edestidaestated with evidenceMutter and Neuman, 2008
Paredestusgenusbelongs to Edestoideastated with evidenceGinter et al., 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Eugeneodontiformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Eugeneodontiformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. J. Mutter and A. G. Neuman. 2008. New eugeneodontid sharks from the Lower Triassic Sulphur Mountain Formation of western Canada. In L. Cavin, A. Longbottom, M. Richter (eds.), Fishes and the Break-up of Pangaea. Geological Society, London, Special Publication 295:9-41

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Paredestus bricircum
species
listed (PBDB)1251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2008Paredestus Mutter and Neuman p. 25
2010Paredestus Ginter et al. p. 133

References

Mutter R. J., Neuman A. G. (2008) New eugeneodontid sharks from the Lower Triassic Sulphur Mountain Formation of western Canada, Fishes and the Break-up of Pangaea. Geological Society, London, Special Publication 295, 9-41
Ginter M., Hampe O., et al (2010) Chondrichthyes, Paleozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth, Handbook of Paleoichthyology 3D, 1-168
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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