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Paleopsephurus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)35130https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35130
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Acipenseriformes : Polyodontidae : Paleopsephurus
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
orderAcipenseriformesBerg 1940
familyPolyodontidaeBonaparte 1838
subfamilyProtopsephurinaeGrande and Bemis 1996
-PolyodontiJaekel 1911
subfamilyPaleopsephurinae
genusPaleopsephurusMacAlpin 1947
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Paleopsephurusgenusbelongs to Polyodontidaestated without evidenceEstes and Berberian, 1970
Paleopsephurusgenusbelongs to PolyodontidaeimpliedBryant, 1989
Paleopsephurusgenusbelongs to Paleopsephurinaestated with evidenceGrande and Bemis, 1996
Paleopsephurusgenusbelongs to Acipenseriformessecond handSepkoski, 2002
Paleopsephurusgenusbelongs to Polyodontidaestated without evidenceGrande and Hilton, 2006
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Acipenseriformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Acipenseriformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Paleopsephurus wilsoni
species
listed (PBDB)583.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1947Paleopsephurus MacAlpin
1970Paleopsephurus Estes and Berberian p. 3
1976Paleopsephurus Estes p. 502
1989Paleopsephurus Bryant p. 21
1996Paleopsephurus Grande and Bemis p. 108 fig. 11
2002Paleopsephurus Sepkoski, Jr.
2006Paleopsephurus Grande and Hilton p. 2

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Estes R., Berberian P. (1970) Paleoecology of a Late Cretaceous vertebrate community from Montana, Breviora 343, 1-35
Estes R. (1976) Middle Paleocene lower vertebrates from the Tongue River Formation, southeastern Montana, Journal of Paleontology 50 3, 500-520
Bryant L. J. (1989) Non-dinosaurian lower vertebrates across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in northeastern Montana, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 134, 1-107
Grande L., Bemis W. E. (1996) Interrelationships of Acipenseriformes, with comments on "Chondrostei", In: M. L. J. Stiassny, L. R. Parenti & G. D. Johnson (eds.), Interrelationships of Fishes. Academic Press, San Diego, 85-115
Grande L., Hilton E. J. (2006) An exquisitely preserved skeleton representing a primitive sturgeon from the Upper Cretaceous Judith River Formation of Montana (Acipenseriformes: Acipenseridae: n. gen. and sp.), The Paleontological Society Memoir 65, Journal of Paleontology 80 4, suppl., 1-39
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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