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Eurypholidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)200080https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=200080
Rankfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Aulopiformes : Eurypholidae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii
classActinopteri
subclassNeopterygii
-TeleosteomorphaArratia et al. 2004
-Teleostei
-Osteoglossocephalai
-ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
-Euteleosteomorpha
-NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
-Eurypterygia
-Aulopa
orderAulopiformesRosen 1973
suborderAlepisauroidei
-Enchodontoidei
familyEurypholidaeGoody 1969
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Eurypholidaefamilybelongs to Enchodontoideistated with evidenceChalifa, 1985
Eurypholidaefamilybelongs to Enchodontoideistated without evidenceForey et al., 2003
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Aulopiformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Aulopiformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)Y. Chalifa. 1985. Saurorhamphus judeaensis (Salmoniformes: Enchodontidae), a new longirostrine fish from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Ein-Yabrud, near Jerusalem. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5(3):181-193

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Saurorhamphus
genus
listed (PBDB)5125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1969Eurypholidae Goody
1985Eurypholidae Chalifa p. 182
2003Eurypholidae Forey et al. p. 229

References

Chalifa Y. (1985) Saurorhamphus judeaensis (Salmoniformes: Enchodontidae), a new longirostrine fish from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Ein-Yabrud, near Jerusalem, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5 3, 181-193
Forey P. L., Yi L., et al (2003) Fossil fishes from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Namoura, Lebanon, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1 4, 227-330 doi:10.1017/S147720190300107X
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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