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Homalodontidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)258316https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=258316
Rankfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Homalodontidae
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
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii
-Hybodontida
orderHybodontiformes
superfamilyHybodontoideaZangerl 1981
familyHomalodontidaeMutter et al. 2008
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Homalodontidaefamilybelongs to Hybodontoideastated with evidenceMutter et al., 2008
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Chondrichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Chondrichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. J. Mutter, A. G. Neuman, and K. de Blanger. 2008. Homalodontus nom. nov., a replacement name for Wapitiodus Mutter, de Blanger and Neuman, 2007 (Homalodontidae nom. nov., ? Hybodontoidea), preoccupied by Wapitiodus Orchard, 2005. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154:419-420

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Homalodontus
genus
listed (PBDB)2251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Prolatodon
genus
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2007Wapitiodidae Mutter et al.
2008Homalodontidae Mutter et al. p. 419

References

Mutter R. J., Neuman A. G., et al (2008) Homalodontus nom. nov., a replacement name for Wapitiodus Mutter, de Blanger and Neuman, 2007 (Homalodontidae nom. nov., ? Hybodontoidea), preoccupied by Wapitiodus Orchard, 2005, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154, 419-420
Mutter R. J., deBlanger K., et al (2007) Elasmobranchs from the Lower Triassic Sulphur Mountain Formation near Wapiti Lake (BC, Canada), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149, 309-337
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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