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Bobasatrania ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)35078https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35078
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Bobasatraniidae : Bobasatrania
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii
classActinopteri
subclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
familyBobasatraniidae
genusBobasatraniaWhite 1932
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Bobasatraniagenusbelongs to Bobasatraniidaestated with evidenceStensiö, 1932
Bobasatraniagenusbelongs to Bobasatraniidaestated without evidenceGardiner, 1960
Bobasatraniagenusbelongs to Bobasatraniidaestated with evidenceUyeno, 1978
Bobasatraniagenusbelongs to Bobasatraniiformessecond handSepkoski, 2002
Bobasatraniagenusbelongs to Bobasatraniidaestated with evidenceTintori et al., 2016
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)6
First Recorded Appearance252 - 251 Ma
Phanerozoic
Last Recorded Appearance247 - 242 Ma
Triassic
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Palaeonisciformes)
Dietdurophage (based on Bobasatrania)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. I. White. 1932. On a new Triassic fish from North-east Madagascar. Journal of Natural History 10:80-83

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Bobasatrania canadensis ✝
species		listed (PBDB)1251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic		251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Bobasatrania ceresiensis ✝
species		listed (PBDB)2247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic		247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Bobasatrania groenlandica ✝
species		listed (PBDB)
Bobasatrania gronlandica ✝
species		listed (PBDB)2252 Ma
Permian		252 Ma
Permian
Bobasatrania mahavavica ✝
species		listed (PBDB)4252 Ma
Permian		252 Ma
Permian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1932Bobasatrania Stensiö
1932Bobasatrania White p. 80
1960Bobasatrania Gardiner p. 365
1978Bobasatrania Uyeno p. 193
2002Bobasatrania Sepkoski, Jr.
2016Bobasatrania Tintori et al. p. 185

References

White E. I. (1932) On a new Triassic fish from North-east Madagascar, Journal of Natural History 10, 80-83
Stensiö E. (1932) Triassic Fishes from East Greenland collected by the Danish expeditions in 1929-1931, Meddelelser om Grønland 83 3, 1-305
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
Uyeno T. (1978) On Some Lower Triassic fishes from Ankilokaza, Madagascar, Bulletin of the National Science Museum Tokyo Series C 4, 193-198
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Tintori A., Lombardo C., et al (2016) The Pelsonian (Anisian, Middle Triassic) fish assemblage from Monte Prà della Vacca/Kühwiesenkopf (Braies Dolomites, Italy), Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 282, 181-200
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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