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Rhachitomi β
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Rank | unranked clade (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Rhachitomi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 671 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 323 - 315 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 0.13 - 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | brackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Temnospondyli) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Temnospondyli) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. D. Cope. 1882. The Rhachitomous Stegocephali. The American Naturalist 16(4):334-335 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Micropholoidea β superfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Acanthostomatidae β family | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Achelomidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Discosaurus β genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Macromerium β genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 311 Ma Carboniferous | 311 Ma Carboniferous | |
Potamochoston β genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 311 Ma Carboniferous | 311 Ma Carboniferous | |
Sparagmites β genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 311 Ma Carboniferous | 311 Ma Carboniferous | |
Dissorophoidea β unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 241 | 314 Ma Carboniferous | 252 Ma Permian | |
Dvinosauria β unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 143 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | |
Eryopiformes β unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 1,026 | 323 Ma Carboniferous | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1882 | Rhachitomi Cope p. 334 |
1884 | Rhachitomi Cope p. 28 |
1919 | Rachitomi Watson p. 64 |
1946 | Rhachitomi Kuhn p. 52 |
1947 | Rhachitomi Romer p. 311 |
1954 | Rhachitomi Huene p. 10 |
1967 | Rhachitomi Carroll p. 113 |
Year | Name and Author |
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1969 | Rhachitomi Bolt p. 888 |
1970 | Rhachitomi Olson p. 400 |
1981 | Rhachitomi Thurmond and Jones p. 109 |
2013 | Rhachitomi Schoch |
2014 | Rhachitomi Schoch and Milner p. 52 |
2019 | Rhachitomi Schoch and Voigt |
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!