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Characichnos

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)378542https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=378542
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Characichnos
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
genusCharacichnosWhyte and Romano 2001
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Characichnosgenusbelongs to Tetrapodastated with evidenceWhyte and Romano, 2001
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance260 - 252 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance145 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. N. Melchor and W. A. S. Sarjeant. 2004. Small Amphibian and Reptile Footprints from the Permian Carapacha Basin, Argentina. Ichnos 11:57-78

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Characichnos tridactylus
species
listed (PBDB)1174 Ma
Middle Jurassic
174 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2001Characichnos Whyte and Romano

References

Melchor R. N., Sarjeant W. A. S. (2004) Small Amphibian and Reptile Footprints from the Permian Carapacha Basin, Argentina, Ichnos 11, 57-78 doi:10.1080/10420940490428814
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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