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Diplodoselachidae ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Diplodoselachidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Xenacanthiformes : Diplodoselachidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Diplodoselachidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 408 - 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 101 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Xenacanthiformes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Xenacanthiformes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. Lund and E. Grogan. 2004. Five new euchondrocephalan Chondrichthyes from the Bear Gulch Limestone (Serpukhovian, Namurian E2b) of Montana, USA. In G. Arratia, M. Wilson, R. Cloutier (eds.), Recent Advances in the Origin and Early Radiation of Vertebrates |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Dicentrodus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Diplodoselache ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Hagenoselache ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Lebachacanthus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Orthacanthus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 34 | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1981 | Diplodoselachidae Dick |
| 1981 | Diplodoselachidae Zangerl p. 64 |
| 2009 | Diplodoselachidae Johnson and Thayer p. 650 |
| 2010 | Diplodoselachidae Ginter et al. p. 44 |
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!
