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Thelodontiformes ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | order (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Thelodontiformes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 443 - 433 Ma Silurian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 423 - 419 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Chordata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Archipelepididae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 443 Ma Silurian | 443 Ma Silurian | |
Eestilepididae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Lanarkiidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Australolepis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Boothialepis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Kawalepsis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1932 | Thelodontiformes Kiaer |
1937 | Coelolepidiformes Berg |
2001 | Thelodontiformes Soehn et al. p. 652 |
2002 | Thelodontiformes Sepkoski, Jr. |
2011 | Thelodontiformes Long p. 241 |
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!