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Colosteidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Colosteidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 347 - 336 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 311 - 306 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | brackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. D. Cope. 1875. Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia; with a systematic list of the higher groups, and an essay on geographical distribution. Based on the specimens contained in the U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 1:1-109 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Colosteus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 314 Ma Carboniferous | 311 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Deltaherpeton ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 339 Ma Carboniferous | 339 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Greererpeton ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 331 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Ichthyerpeton ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 311 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Pholidogaster ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 347 Ma Carboniferous | 336 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1875 | Colosteidae Cope p. 10 |
| 1917 | Pholidogasteridae Watson |
| 1946 | Pholidogasteridae Kuhn p. 51 |
| 1946 | Colosteidae Kuhn p. 52 |
| 1972 | Pholidogasteridae Carroll et al. p. 21 |
| 1988 | Colosteidae Carroll |
| 1989 | Colosteidae Gauthier et al. p. 349 |
| 2015 | Colosteidae Clack and Milner p. 45 |
References
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!
