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Drepanodus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3240975	https://www.gbif.org/species/3240975
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	33904	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=33904

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Distacodontidae : Drepanodus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Protopanderodontida : Protopanderodontidae : Drepanodus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
class	Conodonta	Eichenberg 1930
order	Protopanderodontida	Sweet 1988
family	Protopanderodontidae	Lindström 1970
genus	Drepanodus	Pander 1856

Scientific Name

Drepanodus Pander, 1856

Name Published In

Monogr. Foss. Fische

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Drepanodus	genus	belongs to Protopanderodontinae	stated with evidence	Stouge, 1984
Drepanodus	genus	belongs to Conodontophorida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

501 - 485 Ma
Cambrian

Last Recorded Appearance

371 - 359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

Environment

marine (based on Vertebrata)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Conodonta)

Vision

well-developed (based on Conodonta)

Diet

carnivore (based on Conodonta)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite (based on Conodonta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

C. Pander. 1856. Monographie der fossilen Fische des silurischen Systems des Russisch-Baltischen Gouvernements.

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Drepanodus acutus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Drepanodus flexuosus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Drepanodus gracilis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Drepanodus inflexus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Drepanodus langoonensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	443 Ma Silurian	443 Ma Silurian
Drepanodus malayensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	443 Ma Silurian	443 Ma Silurian
Drepanodus obtusus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1856	Drepanodus Pander
1984	Drepanodus Stouge p. 46
2002	Drepanodus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Pander C. Monographie der fossilen Fische des silurischen Systems des Russisch-Baltischen Gouvernements

Stouge S. S. (1984) Conodonts of the Middle Ordovician Table Head Formation, western Newfoundland, Fossils and Strata 16, 1-145

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per included species - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Monogr. Foss. Fische - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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