Tarrasiiformes
{{Short description|Extinct order of fishes}}
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| image =†Paratarrasius hibbardi Carboniferous Bear Gulch, Montana.jpg
| image_caption = †Paratarrasius hibbardi Lund and Melton Jr. 1982 from the Mississippian (Serpukhovian) Heath Formation of Bear Gulch, Montana
| taxon = Tarrasiiformes
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Tarasiiformes is an extinct order of prehistoric ray-finned fish.{{cite journal | last = Sepkoski | first = Jack | title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera | journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology | volume = 363 |pages = 1–560 | date = 2002 | url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class | access-date = 2009-02-27 }}
Taxonomy
- Order †Tarrasiiformes sensu Lund & Poplin 2002 [Haplistia]{{cite web|website=Mikko's Phylogeny Archive|last=Haaramo|first=Mikko|year=2007|title=Chordata – lancets, tunicates, and vertebrates |url=http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/chordata.html |access-date= 30 December 2016}}{{cite book|last1=Nelson|first1=Joseph S.|last2=Grande|first2=Terry C.|last3=Wilson|first3=Mark V. H.|year=2016|title=Fishes of the World|edition=5th|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-118-34233-6}}{{cite journal|last=van der Laan|first=Richard|year=2016|title=Family-group names of fossil fishes|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303911230}}
- Family †Tarrasiidae Traquair 1881 emend. Woodward 1891
- Genus †Apholidotos Lund ex Frickinger 1991 nomen novum
- Species †Apholidotos ossna Lund ex Frickinger 1991 nomen novum
- Genus †Paratarrasius Lund & Melton 1982
- Species †Paratarrasius hibbardi Lund & Melton 1982
- Genus †Tarrasius Traquair 1881
- Species †Tarrasius problematicus Traquair 1881
Timeline of genera
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Tarrasius is an extinct genus of Tarasiiformes. Tarrasius problematicus (of Mississippian origin, ~ 350 Ma) featured a fully regionalized tetrapod-like spine divided into 5 distinct segments.{{cite journal |author=Lauren Cole Sallan |title=Tetrapod-like axial regionalization in an early ray-finned fish | journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B |volume=279 |date=23 May 2012 |pages=3264–3271 |doi= 10.1098/rspb.2012.0784 |issue=1741 |pmid=22628471 |pmc=3385743}}{{cite web |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120522200829.htm |website=Science Daily |title=Human-Like Spine Morphology Found in Aquatic Eel Fossil |date=May 22, 2012}} It is not considered a transitional fossil though, but an extreme example of convergent evolution.
See also
{{Portal|Paleontology|Fish}}
Bibliography
- {{cite journal | last = Sepkoski | first = Jack | title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera | journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology | volume = 363 |pages = 1–560 | year = 2002 | url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class | access-date = 2011-05-17 }}
References
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External links
- [http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class Bony fish in the online Sepkoski Database]
{{Actinopterygian genera|A.}}
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Category:Carboniferous bony fish