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Actinopteri
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| Rank | class (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6,844 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 2,079 (30%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 388 - 382 Ma Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Actinopterygii) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. D. Cope. 1871. Contribution to the Ichthyology of the Lesser Antilles. Transactions of the American Philosophcal Society, New Series 14(3):445-483 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Chondrostei subclass | listed (PBDB) | 1,761 | 384 Ma Middle Devonian | 0 Ma Extant | |
 Neopterygiisubclass | listed (PBDB) | 10,834 | 296 Ma Permian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Docopteri ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Lysopteri ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Merospondyli ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Mesichthyes ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Phthinobranchii ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Plectospondyli order | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Angatubichthys ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 265 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Frederichthys ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Melanecta ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Moythomasia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Woodichthys ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1871 | Actinopteri Cope p. 449 |
| 1887 | Actinopterygia Cope p. 1017 |
| 1902 | Actinopteri Hay p. 364 |
| 1963 | Actinopteri Jordan p. 611 |
| 1999 | Actinopteri Cartanyá p. 540 |
| 2002 | Actinopteri Grande et al. |
| 2006 | Actinopteri Grande and Hilton p. 5 |
| 2013 | Actinopteri Betancur-R. et al. |
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!
Apsheronsk area, Krasnodar Krai, Russia