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Aspidorhynchidae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	63029	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=63029

Rank

family (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Aspidorhynchidae

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
-	Teleosteomorpha	Arratia et al. 2004
-	Teleostei
family	Aspidorhynchidae	Bleeker 1859

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Aspidorhynchidae	family	belongs to Isospondyli	stated without evidence	Cope, 1887
Aspidorhynchidae	family	belongs to Aetheospondyli	stated with evidence	Woodward, 1895
Aspidorhynchidae	family	belongs to Aspidorhynchoidea	stated without evidence	Gardiner, 1960
Aspidorhynchidae	family	belongs to Ginglymodi	stated without evidence	Jordan, 1963
Aspidorhynchidae	family	belongs to Aspidorhynchiformes	stated with evidence	Estes, 1964
Aspidorhynchidae	family	belongs to Aspidorhynchiformes	stated without evidence	Estes and Berberian, 1970
Aspidorhynchidae	family	belongs to Teleostei	implied	Bryant, 1989
Aspidorhynchidae	family	belongs to Aspidorhynchiformes	stated without evidence	Peng et al., 2001
Aspidorhynchidae	family	belongs to Halecostomi	stated without evidence	Brito and Suarez, 2003
Aspidorhynchidae	family	belongs to Teleostei	stated with evidence	Forey et al., 2003

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

168 - 166 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

61.7 - 56.8 Ma
Paleocene

Environment

marine (based on Aspidorhynchidae)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Aspidorhynchidae)

Diet

carnivore (based on Aspidorhynchidae)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite (based on Aspidorhynchidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Peng, A. P. Russell, and D. B. Brinkman. 2001. Vertebrate microsite assemblages (exclusive of mammals) from the Foremost and Oldman Formations of the Judith River Group (Campanian) of southeastern Alberta: an illustrated guide. Provincial Museum of Alberta, Natural History Occasional Paper 25:1-54

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Aspidorhynchus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	9	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Belonostomus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	87	151 Ma Late Jurassic	61.7 Ma Paleocene
Vinctifer ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	14	156 Ma Jurassic	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1859	Aspidorhynchidae Bleeker
1887	Aspidorhynchidae Cope p. 1019
1895	Aspidorhynchidae Woodward p. 415
1960	Aspidorhynchidae Gardiner p. 362
1963	Aspidorhynchidae Jordan p. 615
1964	Aspidorhynchidae Estes p. 22

Year	Name and Author
1970	Aspidorhynchidae Estes and Berberian p. 3
1989	Aspidorhynchidae Bryant p. 24
2001	Aspidorhynchidae Peng et al. p. 11
2003	Aspidorhynchidae Brito and Suarez
2003	Aspidorhynchidae Forey et al. p. 228

References

Peng J., Russell A. P., et al (2001) Vertebrate microsite assemblages (exclusive of mammals) from the Foremost and Oldman Formations of the Judith River Group (Campanian) of southeastern Alberta: an illustrated guide, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Natural History Occasional Paper 25, 1-54

Cope E. D. Zittel's Manual of Palaeontology, The American Naturalist 21 11, 1014-1019

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

Jordan D. S. (1963) The Genera of Fishes and a Classification of Fishes, Stanford University Press, 1-816

Estes R. (1964) Fossil vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous Lance Formation, eastern Wyoming, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 49, 1-187

Estes R., Berberian P. (1970) Paleoecology of a Late Cretaceous vertebrate community from Montana, Breviora 343, 1-35

Bryant L. J. (1989) Non-dinosaurian lower vertebrates across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in northeastern Montana, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 134, 1-107

Brito P. M., Suarez M. E. (2003) Late Cretaceous Belonostomus (Pisces, Actinopterygii, Aspidorhynchidae) from Algarrobo, Chile, with comments on aspidorhynchid paleodistribution in South America, Revista Geológica de Chile 30 1, 117-127 doi:10.4067/S0716-02082003000100008

Forey P. L., Yi L., et al (2003) Fossil fishes from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Namoura, Lebanon, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1 4, 227-330 doi:10.1017/S147720190300107X

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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