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Elonichthys ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	35004	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35004

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Elonichthyidae : Elonichthys

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
superclass	Actinopterygii
class	Actinopteri
subclass	Chondrostei	Müller 1844
order	Palaeonisciformes	Hay 1902
suborder	Palaeoniscoidei
family	Elonichthyidae	Aldinger 1937
genus	Elonichthys	Giebel 1848

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Elonichthys	genus	belongs to Palaeoniscidae	stated without evidence	Woodward, 1891
Elonichthys	genus	belongs to Palaeoniscidae	stated with evidence	Eastman, 1903
Elonichthys	genus	belongs to Palaeoniscidae	stated without evidence	Heintz, 1934
Elonichthys	genus	belongs to Elonichthyidae	stated with evidence	Aldinger, 1937
Elonichthys	genus	belongs to Elonichthyidae	stated without evidence	Gardiner, 1960
Elonichthys	genus	belongs to Elonichthyidae	stated with evidence	Gardiner, 1962
Elonichthys	genus	belongs to Palaeonisciformes	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

359 - 343 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

260 - 254 Ma
Permian

Environment

marine (based on Vertebrata)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Palaeonisciformes)

Diet

carnivore (based on Palaeonisciformes)

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	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Elonichthys aitkeni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Elonichthys browni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Elonichthys bucklandi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	323 Ma Carboniferous	323 Ma Carboniferous
Elonichthys disjunctus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	311 Ma Carboniferous	311 Ma Carboniferous
Elonichthys egertoni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Elonichthys elegans ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Elonichthys germari ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Elonichthys gigas ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Elonichthys hypsilepis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Elonichthys macropterus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Elonichthys peltigerus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	315 Ma Carboniferous	315 Ma Carboniferous
Elonichthys perpennatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	315 Ma Carboniferous	311 Ma Carboniferous
Elonichthys portlocki ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Elonichthys pulcherrimus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	345 Ma Carboniferous
Elonichthys punctatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Elonichthys robisoni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	323 Ma Carboniferous	323 Ma Carboniferous
Elonichthys semistriatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Elonichthys serratus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	345 Ma Carboniferous
Elonichthys striatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	323 Ma Carboniferous	323 Ma Carboniferous
Elonichthys whaitsi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1848	Elonichthys Giebel
1891	Elonichthys Woodward p. 487
1902	Elonichthys Hay p. 368
1903	Elonichthys Eastman p. 190
1934	Elonichthys Heintz p. S187
1937	Elonichthys Aldinger p. 16
1960	Elonichthys Gardiner p. 362
1962	Elonichthys Gardiner p. 16
2002	Elonichthys Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Woodward A. S. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History). Part II, Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) 2

Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868

Eastman C. R. (1903) Carboniferous fishes from the central western States, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 39, 163-226

Heintz A. (1934) Fischreste aus dem Unterperm Norwegens, Sonderabdruck aus Norsk geologisk tidsskrift B 14, S176-S194

Aldinger H. (1937) Permische ganoidfische aus Ostgrönland, Meddelelser om Grønland 102 3, 1-392

Gardiner B. G. (1960) A revision of certain actinopterygian and coelacanth fishes, chiefly from the Lower Lias, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 4 7, 241-384

Gardiner B. G. (1962) Namaichthys Schroederi Gürich and other Palaeozoic Fishes from South Africa, Palaeontology 5 1, 9-21

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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