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Bothriolepididae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)259726https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=259726
Rankfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Antiarcha : Bothriolepididae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
subclassPlacodermiM'Coy 1848
orderAntiarchaCope 1885
familyBothriolepididaeCope 1886
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Bothriolepididaefamilybelongs to Antiarchastated with evidenceDenison, 1975
Bothriolepididaefamilybelongs to Bothriolepidoideistated without evidenceLukševičs, 2001
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)14
First Recorded Appearance383 - 372 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance372 - 359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Placodermi)
Dietcarnivore (based on Placodermi)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. Lukševičs. 2001. Bothriolepid antiarchs (Vertebrata, Placodermi) from the Devonian of the north-western part of the East European platform. Geodiversitas 23(4):489-609

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Bothriolepis
genus
listed (PBDB)5383 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
372 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Grossilepis
genus
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1886Bothriolepididae Cope
1975Bothriolepididae Denison p. 23
2001Bothriolepididae Luks?evic?s

References

Lukševičs E. (2001) Bothriolepid antiarchs (Vertebrata, Placodermi) from the Devonian of the north-western part of the East European platform, Geodiversitas 23 4, 489-609
Denison R. H. (1975) Evolution and classification of placodermi fishes, Brevoria 432, 1-24
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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