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Polyrhizodus magnus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)245891https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=245891
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Petalodontiformes : Petalodontidae : Polyrhizodus : Polyrhizodus magnus
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
orderPetalodontiformes
familyPetalodontidaeNewberry and Worthen 1866
genusPolyrhizodusM'Coy 1848
speciesPolyrhizodus magnusM'Coy 1848
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Polyrhizodus magnusspeciesbelongs to Polyrhizodusstated without evidenceM'Coy, 1848
Polyrhizodus magnusspeciesbelongs to Polyrhizodusstated with evidenceWoodward, 1889
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance359 - 323 Ma
Paleozoic
Last Recorded Appearance359 - 323 Ma
Paleozoic
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Petalodontiformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Petalodontiformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)F. M'Coy. 1855. A synopsis of the classification of the British Palaeozoic rocks, with a systematic description of the British Palaeozoic fossils.Fasciculus 3, Mollusca and Palaeozoic fishes. British Palaeozoic Fossils, Part II. Palaeontology

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1848Polyrhizodus magnus M'Coy
1855Polyrhizodus magnus M'Coy p. 641 figs. pl. 3K, figs. 6-8
1889Polyrhizodus magnus Woodward p. 57

References

M'Coy F. A synopsis of the classification of the British Palaeozoic rocks, with a systematic description of the British Palaeozoic fossils.Fasciculus 3, Mollusca and Palaeozoic fishes, British Palaeozoic Fossils, Part II. Palaeontology, 407-666
Woodward A. S. , Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1, 1-613
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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