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Plectrodus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)150028https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=150028
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Plectrodus
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
genusPlectrodusAgassiz in Murchison 1839
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Plectrodusgenusbelongs to Gnathostomatastated without evidenceDineley and Metcalfe, 1999
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance419 - 411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance419 - 411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Chordata)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. L. Dineley and S. J. Metcalfe. 1999. Chapter 4. Early Devonian fossil fishes sites of the Welsh Borders. Fossil Fishes of Great Britain

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1839Plectrodus Agassiz in Murchison
1999Plectrodus Dineley and Metcalfe

References

Dineley D. L., Metcalfe S. J. (1999) Chapter 4. Early Devonian fossil fishes sites of the Welsh Borders, Fossil Fishes of Great Britain, 2731
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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