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Orodontiformes ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | order (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Orodontiformes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | R. Zangerl. 1981. Chondrichthyes I: Paleozoic Elasmobranchii. In H.P. Schultze (ed.), Handbook of Paleoichthyology 3a |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Leiodontidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Orodontidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 18 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 290 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1981 | Orodontida Zangerl |
2002 | Orodontida Sepkoski, Jr. |
2006 | Orodontiformes Nelson p. 43 |
2010 | Orodontiformes Ginter et al. p. 109 |
2011 | Orodontiformes Long p. 242 |
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!