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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Ceratodontiformes : Lepidosirenidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 6 (55%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 101 - 94 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | freshwater (based on Lepidosirenidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Ceratodontiformes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Ceratodontiformes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. A. Stirton. 1953. Vertebrate paleontology and continental stratigraphy in Colombia. Geological Society of America Bulletin 64:603-622 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| 👁 Image Lepidosiren genus | listed (PBDB) | 29 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| 👁 Image Protopterus genus | listed (PBDB) | African Lungfish | 64 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1951 | Lepidosirenidae Savage |
| 1953 | Lepidosirenidae Stirton |
| 1963 | Lepidosirenidae Jordan p. 611 |
| 1973 | Lepidosirenidae Daly p. 568 |
| 1977 | Lepidosirenidae Bondesio and Pascual p. 39 |
| 1977 | Lepidosirenidae Miles |
| 1982 | Lepidosirenidae Martin p. 614 |
| 1993 | Lepidosirenidae Schultze |
| 2004 | Lepidosirenidae Schultze p. 474 |
| 2013 | Lepidosirenidae Betancur-R. et al. |
| Stirton R. A. (1953) Vertebrate paleontology and continental stratigraphy in Colombia, Geological Society of America Bulletin 64, 603-622 |
| Savage D. E. (1951) Report on Fossil Vertebrates from the Upper Magdalena Valley, Colombia, Science 114 2955, 186-187 |
| Jordan D. S. (1963) The Genera of Fishes and a Classification of Fishes, Stanford University Press, 1-816 |
| Daly E. (1973) A Lower Permian vertebrate fauna from southern Oklahoma, Journal of Paleontology 47 3, 562-589 |
| Bondesio P., Pascual R. (1977) Restos de Lepidosirenidae (Osteichthyes, Dipnoi) del Grupo Honda (Mioceno Tardío) de Colombia. Sus denotaciones paleoambientales, Asociación Geológica Argentina 17 1, 34-43 |
| Miles R. S. (1977) Dipnoan (lungfish) skulls and the relationships of the group: a study based on new species from the Devonian of Australia, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 61, 1-328 |
| Martin M. (1982) Nouvelles données sur la phylogénie et la systématique des dipneustes postpaléozoïques [New data on the phylogeny and systematics of post-Paleozoic dipnoans], Comptes Rendues de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris, Série II 294, 611-614 |
| Schultze H.-P. (1993) Osteichthyes: Sarcopterygii, The Fossil Record 2, 657-663 |
| Schultze H.-P. (2004) Mesozoic sarcopterygians, Mesozoic Fishes 3 - Systematics, Paleoenvironments and Biodiversity, 463-492 |
| Betancur-R. R., Broughton R. E., et al (2013) The tree of life and a new classification of bony fishes, PLOS Currents Tree of Life doi:10.1371/currents.tol.53ba26640df0ccaee75bb165c8c26288 |