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Phyllolepida ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | order (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Phyllolepida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 383 - 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 372 - 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Placodermi) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Placodermi) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. A. Stensiö. 1934. On the Placodermi of the Upper Devonian of East Greenland: I. Phyllolepida and Arthrodira. Meddelelser om Grønland 97(1):1-58 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Antarctaspina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Phyllolepina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1934 | Phyllolepida Stensiö |
1975 | Phyllolepida Denison p. 23 |
1999 | Phyllolepida Dineley and Metcalf p. 11 |
2010 | Phyllolepida Young p. 527 |
2011 | Phyllolepida Long p. 242 |
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!