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Tesseraspidiformes ✝
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Rank | order (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Pteraspidomorpha : Tesseraspidiformes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 419 - 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 419 - 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Chordata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite (based on Craniata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. Van Der Laan. 2019. Family-group names of fossil fishes. European Journal of Taxonomy 466:1-167 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Natlaspididae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Tesseraspididae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2019 | Tesseraspidiformes Van Der Laan p. 16 |
References
Van Der Laan R. (2019) Family-group names of fossil fishes, European Journal of Taxonomy 466, 1-167 doi:10.5852/ejt.2018.466 |
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!