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Anatolepis ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Pteraspidomorpha : Anatolepis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 479 - 466 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Chordata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite (based on Craniata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | T. Brockelie and R. A. Fortey. 1976. An early Ordovician vertebrate. Nature 260:36-38 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Anatolepis heintzi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1976 | Anatolepis Brockelie and Fortey p. 38 |
1999 | Anatolepis Clark et al. p. 1203 |
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!