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Rhachitomi ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)125098https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=125098
Rankunranked clade (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Rhachitomi
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-Temnospondyli
-EutemnospondyliSchoch 2013
suborderRhachitomi
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Rhachitomisuborderbelongs to Stegocephalistated without evidenceCope, 1882
Rhachitomisuborderbelongs to Batrachiastated with evidenceCope, 1884
Rhachitomiunranked cladebelongs to Embolomeristated with evidenceWatson, 1919
Rhachitomisuborderbelongs to Temnospondylistated with evidenceKuhn, 1946
Rhachitomiunranked cladebelongs to Stegocephaliastated without evidenceHuene, 1954
Rhachitomisuborderbelongs to TemnospondyliimpliedCarroll, 1967
Rhachitomisuborderbelongs to Temnospondylistated without evidenceBolt, 1969
Rhachitomisuborderbelongs to Amphibiastated without evidenceThurmond and Jones, 1981
Rhachitomiunranked cladebelongs to Eutemnospondylistated with evidenceSchoch, 2013
Rhachitomiunranked cladebelongs to Eutemnospondylistated without evidenceSchoch and Voigt, 2019
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)671
First Recorded Appearance323 - 315 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance0.13 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Temnospondyli)
Dietcarnivore (based on Temnospondyli)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. D. Cope. 1882. The Rhachitomous Stegocephali. The American Naturalist 16(4):334-335

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Micropholoidea ✝
superfamily
listed (PBDB)
Acanthostomatidae ✝
family
listed (PBDB)
Achelomidae ✝
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Discosaurus ✝
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Macromerium ✝
genus
listed (PBDB)1311 Ma
Carboniferous
311 Ma
Carboniferous
Potamochoston ✝
genus
listed (PBDB)1311 Ma
Carboniferous
311 Ma
Carboniferous
Sparagmites ✝
genus
listed (PBDB)1311 Ma
Carboniferous
311 Ma
Carboniferous
Dissorophoidea ✝
unranked clade
listed (PBDB)241314 Ma
Carboniferous
252 Ma
Permian
Dvinosauria ✝
unranked clade
listed (PBDB)143318 Ma
Carboniferous
237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Eryopiformes ✝
unranked clade
listed (PBDB)1,026323 Ma
Carboniferous
0.13 Ma
Pleistocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1882Rhachitomi Cope p. 334
1884Rhachitomi Cope p. 28
1919Rachitomi Watson p. 64
1946Rhachitomi Kuhn p. 52
1947Rhachitomi Romer p. 311
1954Rhachitomi Huene p. 10
1967Rhachitomi Carroll p. 113
YearName and Author
1969Rhachitomi Bolt p. 888
1970Rhachitomi Olson p. 400
1981Rhachitomi Thurmond and Jones p. 109
2013Rhachitomi Schoch
2014Rhachitomi Schoch and Milner p. 52
2019Rhachitomi 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!
 
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