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Kenichthys

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)91485https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=91485
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Kenichthys
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
genusKenichthysChang and Zhu 1993
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Kenichthysgenusbelongs to Osteolepididaestated without evidenceChang and Zhu, 1993
Kenichthysgenusbelongs to Tetrapodomorphastated with evidenceZhu and Ahlberg, 2004
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance393 - 383 Ma
Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance393 - 383 Ma
Devonian
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M.-M. Chang and M. Zhu. 1993. A new Middle Devonian osteolepidid from Qujing, Yunnan. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 15:183-198

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Kenichthys campbelli
species
listed (PBDB)1393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1993Kenichthys Chang and Zhu
2004Kenichthys Zhu and Ahlberg p. 94

References

Chang M.-M., Zhu M. (1993) A new Middle Devonian osteolepidid from Qujing, Yunnan, Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 15, 183-198
Zhu M., Ahlberg P. E. (2004) The origin of the internal nostril of tetrapods, Nature 432, 94-97
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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