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Iniopterygia ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | order (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Iniopterygia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 326 - 318 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 304 - 299 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Chondrichthyes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Chondrichthyes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Iniopterygidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 36 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 307 Ma Carboniferous | |
Sibyrhynchidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 59 | 315 Ma Carboniferous | 304 Ma Carboniferous | |
Inioxyle ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1973 | Iniopterygia Zangerl and Case |
1981 | Iniopterygia Zangerl p. 42 |
2002 | Iniopterygia Sepkoski, Jr. |
2006 | Iniopterygiformes Nelson p. 43 |
2009 | Iniopterygia Grogan and Lund p. 135 |
2011 | Iniopterygiformes Long p. 242 |
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!