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Gyracanthidae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Ichthyotomi : Gyracanthidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 419 - 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 323 - 299 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Chondrichthyes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Chondrichthyes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. S. Jordan. 1963. The Genera of Fishes and a Classification of Fishes. Stanford University Press |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Gyracanthus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 323 Ma Carboniferous | |
Mitrodus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1963 | Gyracanthidae Jordan p. 592 |
References
Jordan D. S. (1963) The Genera of Fishes and a Classification of Fishes, Stanford University Press, 1-816 |
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!