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Redfieldius

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)275586https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=275586
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Redfieldiidae : Redfieldius
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii
classActinopteri
subclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderRedfieldioidei
familyRedfieldiidaeHutchinson 1973
genusRedfieldiusHay 1899
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Redfieldiusgenusbelongs to Dictyopygidaestated without evidenceHay, 1902
Redfieldiusgenusbelongs to Redfieldiidaestated without evidenceHeckert, 2004
Redfieldiusgenusbelongs to Redfieldiidaestated with evidenceNelson, 2006
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)7
First Recorded Appearance228 - 209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance199 - 174 Ma
Jurassic
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Palaeonisciformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Palaeonisciformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)O. P. Hay. 1899. On some changes in the names, generic and specific, of certain fossil fishes. The American Naturalist 33:783-792

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Redfieldius anguilliformis
species
listed (PBDB)
Redfieldius gracilis
species
listed (PBDB)1201 Ma
Early Jurassic
201 Ma
Early Jurassic
Redfieldius minor
species
listed (PBDB)
Redfieldius ornatus
species
listed (PBDB)
Redfieldius parvulus
species
listed (PBDB)
Redfieldius redfieldi
species
listed (PBDB)1228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1837Catopterus Redfield p. 39
1899Redfieldius Hay p. 789
1902Redfieldius Hay p. 370
1946Redfieldius Rapp p. 511
2004Redfieldius Heckert
2006Redfieldius Nelson p. 91

References

Hay O. P. On some changes in the names, generic and specific, of certain fossil fishes, The American Naturalist 33, 783-792
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Heckert A. B. (2004) Late Triassic microvertebrates from the lower Chinle Group (Otischalkian-Adamanian: Carnian), southwestern U.S.A., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 27, 1-170
Nelson J. S. (2006) , Fishes of the world, 4th edition, 1-601
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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