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Chirodipteridae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Chirodipteridae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 403 - 392 Ma Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 383 - 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | K. S. W. Campbell and R. E. Barwick. 1990. Paleozoic dipnoan phylogeny: functional complexes and evolution without parsimony. Paleobiology 16(2):143-169 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Chirodipterinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Pillararhynchinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Chirodipterus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Palaedaphus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1990 | Chirodipteridae Campbell and Barwick |
| 1992 | Chirodipteridae Long |
| 2000 | Chirodipteridae Kemp |
| 2004 | Chirodipteridae Schultze p. 474 |
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!
