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Bothriolepididae ✝
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Antiarcha : Bothriolepididae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 383 - 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 372 - 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Placodermi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Placodermi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (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
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Bothriolepis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Grossilepis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1886 | Bothriolepididae Cope |
1975 | Bothriolepididae Denison p. 23 |
2001 | Bothriolepididae Luks?evic?s |
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!