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Ptycholepididae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Ptycholepiformes : Ptycholepididae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 252 - 251 Ma Phanerozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 152 - 140 Ma Mesozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Actinopterygii) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | B. G. Gardiner. 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Ardoreosomus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 252 Ma Permian | 252 Ma Permian | |
| Boreosomus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 35 | 252 Ma Permian | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Ptycholepis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 53 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 152 Ma Late Jurassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1939 | Ptycholepididae Brough |
| 1960 | Ptycholepidae Gardiner p. 241 |
| 1999 | Ptycholepididae Cartanyá p. 540 |
| 2006 | Ptycholepididae Nelson p. 94 |
| 2016 | Ptycholepidae Tintori et al. p. 187 |
References
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!
