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Lepidosirenidae

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)90708https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=90708
Rankfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Ceratodontiformes : Lepidosirenidae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
-Dipnomorpha
superorderCeratodontae
orderCeratodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderLepidosirenoidei
familyLepidosirenidaeStirton 1953
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Lepidosirenidaefamilybelongs to LepidosireniformesimpliedSavage, 1951
Lepidosirenidaefamilybelongs to Lepidosireniformesstated without evidenceStirton, 1953
Lepidosirenidaefamilybelongs to Sirenoideistated without evidenceJordan, 1963
Lepidosirenidaefamilybelongs to Dipnoistated without evidenceDaly, 1973
Lepidosirenidaefamilybelongs to Dipnoistated with evidenceBondesio and Pascual, 1977
Lepidosirenidaefamilybelongs to Dipnoistated without evidenceMiles, 1977
Lepidosirenidaefamilybelongs to Dipnoistated with evidenceMartin, 1982
Lepidosirenidaefamilybelongs to Ceratodontoideistated without evidenceSchultze, 1993
Lepidosirenidaefamilybelongs to Lepidosirenoideistated with evidenceBetancur-R et al., 2013
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)11
Extant Size (PBDB)6 (55%)
First Recorded Appearance101 - 94 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentfreshwater (based on Lepidosirenidae)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Ceratodontiformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ceratodontiformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Lepidosiren
genus
listed (PBDB)2972.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
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Protopterus
genus
listed (PBDB)African Lungfish64101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1951Lepidosirenidae Savage
1953Lepidosirenidae Stirton
1963Lepidosirenidae Jordan p. 611
1973Lepidosirenidae Daly p. 568
1977Lepidosirenidae Bondesio and Pascual p. 39
1977Lepidosirenidae Miles
1982Lepidosirenidae Martin p. 614
1993Lepidosirenidae Schultze
2004Lepidosirenidae Schultze p. 474
2013Lepidosirenidae Betancur-R. et al.

References

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
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