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Pholidolepis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)35282https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35282
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Pholidophoriformes : Pholidophoridae : Pholidolepis
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
subclassNeopterygii
-TeleosteomorphaArratia et al. 2004
-Teleostei
orderPholidophoriformes
familyPholidophoridaeWoodward 1890
genusPholidolepisNybelin 1966
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pholidolepisgenusbelongs to Pholidophoridaestated with evidenceNybelin, 1966
Pholidolepisgenusbelongs to Pachycormiformessecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance197 - 190 Ma
Early Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance197 - 190 Ma
Early Jurassic
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Pholidophoridae)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Pholidophoridae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)O. Nybelin. 1966. On certain Triassic and Liassic representatives of the family Pholidophoridae s. str. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 2(8):351-432

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Pholidolepis dorsetensis
species
listed (PBDB)1197 Ma
Early Jurassic
197 Ma
Early Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1966Pholidolepis Nybelin
2002Pholidolepis Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Nybelin O. (1966) On certain Triassic and Liassic representatives of the family Pholidophoridae s. str, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 2 8, 351-432
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
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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