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Iniopterygia ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)34812https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=34812
Rankorder (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Iniopterygia
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
classChondrichthyesHuxley 1880
orderIniopterygiaZangerl and Case 1973
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Iniopterygiaorderbelongs to Holocephalistated with evidenceZangerl and Case, 1973
Iniopterygiaorderbelongs to Subterbranchialiastated with evidenceZangerl, 1981
Iniopterygiaorderbelongs to Chondrichthyessecond handSepkoski, 2002
Iniopterygiaorderbelongs to Chondrichthyesstated with evidenceGrogan and Lund, 2009
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)22
First Recorded Appearance326 - 318 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance304 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Chondrichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Chondrichthyes)
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

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Iniopterygidae
family
listed (PBDB)36326 Ma
Carboniferous
307 Ma
Carboniferous
Sibyrhynchidae
family
listed (PBDB)59315 Ma
Carboniferous
304 Ma
Carboniferous
Inioxyle
genus
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1973Iniopterygia Zangerl and Case
1981Iniopterygia Zangerl p. 42
2002Iniopterygia Sepkoski, Jr.
2006Iniopterygiformes Nelson p. 43
2009Iniopterygia Grogan and Lund p. 135
2011Iniopterygiformes Long p. 242

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Zangerl R. (1981) Chondrichthyes I: Paleozoic Elasmobranchii, Handbook of Paleoichthyology 3a
Nelson J. S. (2006) , Fishes of the world, 4th edition, 1-601
Grogan E. D., Lund R. (2009) Two new iniopterygians (Chondrichthyes) from the Mississippian (Serpukhovian) Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana with evidence of a new form of chondrichthyan neurocranium, Acta Zoologica 90 Suppl. 1, 134-151
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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