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Actinopteri
Source Data |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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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 |
Fossil Distribution
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 | |
Neopterygii subclass | 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