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Pseudopetalichthys

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)34255https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=34255
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Pseudopetalichthyida : Paraplesiobatidae : Pseudopetalichthys
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
orderPseudopetalichthyida
familyParaplesiobatidaeBerg 1940
genusPseudopetalichthysMoy-Thomas 1939
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pseudopetalichthysgenusbelongs to Paraplesiobatidaestated with evidenceDenison, 1978
Pseudopetalichthysgenusbelongs to Pseudopetalichthidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Pseudopetalichthysgenusbelongs to Placodermistated without evidenceLong, 2011
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance409 - 403 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance409 - 403 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Placodermi)
Dietcarnivore (based on Placodermi)
Taphonomyphosphatic (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

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1939Pseudopetalichthys Moy-Thomas
1978Pseudopetalichthys Denison
2002Pseudopetalichthys Sepkoski, Jr.
2011Pseudopetalichthys Long p. 242

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Denison R. (1978) Placodermi, Handbook of Palaeoichthyology 2, 1-128
Long J. A. (2011) , The Rise of Fishes: 500 Million Years of Evolution (Second Edition), 1-287
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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