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Flugopterus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)35257https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35257
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Pachycormiformes : Flugopterus
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
subclassNeopterygii
-TeleosteomorphaArratia et al. 2004
-AspidorhyncheiNelson et al. 2016
orderPachycormiformesBerg 1940
genusFlugopterus
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Flugopterusgenusbelongs to Pachycormiformessecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance235 - 232 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance235 - 232 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Pachycormiformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Pachycormiformes)
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
Flugopterus raiblianus
species
listed (PBDB)1235 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
235 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1866Megalopterus Kner p. 174 figs. Pl 4, fig 1
2002Flugopterus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Kner R. Die Fische der bituminösen Schiefer von Raibl in Kärnthen, Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 53 1, 152-197
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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