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Protospinax ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Protospinacidae : Protospinax | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 183 - 176 Ma Early Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 151 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Chondrichthyes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Chondrichthyes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. S. Woodward. 1919. On two new elasmobranch fishes (Crossorhinus jurassicus, sp. nov. and Protospinax annectans, gen. et sp. nov.) from the Upper Jurassic lithographic stone of Bavaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 13:231-235 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Protospinax annectans ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Protospinax bilobatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Protospinax carvalhoi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Protospinax lochensteinensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Protospinax magnus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Protospinax muftius ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Protospinax planus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1919 | Protospinax Woodward p. 233 |
1963 | Protospinax Jordan p. 601 |
1983 | Protospinax Thies p. 21 |
2002 | Protospinax Sepkoski, Jr. |
2002 | Protospinax Underwood |
2003 | Protospinax Delsate p. 9 |
2003 | Protospinax Kriwet p. 591 |
2004 | Protospinax Underwood and Ward p. 483 |
2008 | Protospinax Adnet et al. p. 717 |
2015 | Protospinax Delsate and Felten p. 12 |
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!