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Heterolepidotus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	35200	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35200

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Ionoscopiformes : Furidae : Heterolepidotus

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	Neopterygii
-	Halecostomi	Regan 1903
-	Halecomorphi
order	Ionoscopiformes	Grande and Bemis 1998
family	Furidae	Jordan 1923
genus	Heterolepidotus	Egerton 1872

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Heterolepidotus	genus	belongs to Eugnathidae	stated with evidence	Woodward, 1895
Heterolepidotus	genus	belongs to Furidae	stated without evidence	Gardiner, 1960
Heterolepidotus	genus	belongs to Amiiformes	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

247 - 242 Ma
Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

190 - 183 Ma
Early Jurassic

Environment

marine (based on Vertebrata)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Actinopterygii)

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
Eulepidotus sauroides ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	197 Ma Early Jurassic	197 Ma Early Jurassic
Heterolepidotus angulati ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Heterolepidotus cephalus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	4	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Heterolepidotus dorsalis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Heterolepidotus egidiivenantii ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Heterolepidotus gibbus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Heterolepidotus latus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	4	197 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Heterolepidotus parvulus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Heterolepidotus rhombifer ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Heterolepidotus serrulatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Heterolepidotus striatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Heterolepidotus taramellii ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1861	Brachyichthys Winkler
1868	Eulepidotus Egerton p. 503
1872	Heterolepidotus Egerton
1895	Heterolepidotus Woodward p. 304
1960	Heterolepidotus Gardiner p. 288
2002	Heterolepidotus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Egerton P. G. On the characters of some new fossil fish from the Lias of Lyme Regis, Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 24, 499-505

Woodward A. S. , Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part III, 1-544

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

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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