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Cladoselachiformes
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Rank | order (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Cladoselachiformes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 372 - 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Chondrichthyes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Chondrichthyes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. A. Long. 2011. The Rise of Fishes: 500 Million Years of Evolution (Second Edition) |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Cladoselachidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2010 | Cladoselachiformes Ginter et al. p. 58 |
2011 | Cladoselachiformes Long p. 242 |
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!