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Pleuroplax

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)252954https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=252954
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Cochliodontiformes : Cochliodontidae : Pleuroplax
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
classChondrichthyesHuxley 1880
subclassHolocephali
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
orderCochliodontiformesObruchev 1953
familyCochliodontidaeOwen 1867
genusPleuroplaxWoodward 1889
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pleuroplaxgenusbelongs to Cochliodontidaestated with evidenceWoodward, 1889
Pleuroplaxgenusbelongs to Cochliodontidaestated without evidenceJordan, 1963
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance323 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance315 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Cochliodontiformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Cochliodontiformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. S. Woodward. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Pleuroplax attheyi
species
listed (PBDB)1323 Ma
Carboniferous
323 Ma
Carboniferous
Pleuroplax rankinei
species
listed (PBDB)4323 Ma
Carboniferous
315 Ma
Carboniferous
Pleuroplax woodi
species
listed (PBDB)2323 Ma
Carboniferous
323 Ma
Carboniferous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1889Pleuroplax Woodward p. 173
1963Pleuroplax Jordan p. 594

References

Woodward A. S. , Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1, 1-613
Jordan D. S. (1963) The Genera of Fishes and a Classification of Fishes, Stanford University Press, 1-816
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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