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Rhizodontiformes

Osteichthyes - Rhizodontiformes

Subtaxa
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by A. Hendy on 2009-07-17; modified by G. Lloyd on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Rhizodontiformes Andrews and Westoll
1992Rhizodontiformes Young et al.
1999Rhizodontiformes Dineley and Metcalf p. 11
2011Rhizodontiformes Long p. 244
2016Rhizodontiformes Nelson et al. p. 110
2019Rhizodontiformes van der Laan p. 90
2022Rhizodontiformes Smirnova p. 432

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassRhizodontida(Andrews and Westoll 1970)
orderRhizodontiformesAndrews and Westoll 1970
orderRhizodontiformesAndrews and Westoll 1970

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Or. †Rhizodontiformes Andrews and Westoll 1970
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G. †Hongyu Zhu et al. 2017
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Hongyu chowi Zhu et al. 2017
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Pendleian or 387.95000 to 326.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Antarctica Rhizodontiformes indet. (207090 207093)
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86Colombia (Boyacá) Rhizodontiformes indet. (211928)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86China (Ningxia) Hongyu chowi (207050)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Rhizodontiformes indet. (134654)