Ginglymodi

Ginglymodi is a clade of ray-finned fish containing modern-day gars (Lepisosteidae) and their extinct relatives in the order Lepisosteiformes, the extinct orders Semionotiformes and Kyphosichthyiformes, and various other extinct taxa. Ginglymodi is one of the two major subgroups of the infraclass Holostei, the other one being Halecomorphi, which contains the bowfin and eyespot bowfin and their fossil relatives.

Ginglymodi

Cymothoa exigua · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
NeopterygiiPBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes

Time the record covers

At least 266 million years on record.

The record covers at least 266.9 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 277.3 Mya to 0 Mya.

Permian — about 31 of 1590 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 7 of 1590 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 73 of 1590 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 200 of 1590 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 128 of 1590 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 52 of 1590 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 119 of 1590 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 219 of 1590 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 533 of 1590 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 42 of 1590 occurrencesEocene — about 116 of 1590 occurrencesOligocene — about 2 of 1590 occurrencesMiocene — about 30 of 1590 occurrencesPliocene — about 3 of 1590 occurrencesPleistocene — about 32 of 1590 occurrences283–273 Mya — about 1 occurrence273–264 Mya — about 6 occurrences264–255 Mya — about 21 occurrences255–245 Mya — about 17 occurrences245–236 Mya — about 67 occurrences236–226 Mya — about 8 occurrences226–217 Mya — about 22 occurrences217–207 Mya — about 76 occurrences207–198 Mya — about 126 occurrences198–189 Mya — about 32 occurrences189–179 Mya — about 45 occurrences179–170 Mya — about 23 occurrences170–160 Mya — about 47 occurrences160–151 Mya — about 34 occurrences151–141 Mya — about 97 occurrences141–132 Mya — about 34 occurrences132–123 Mya — about 54 occurrences123–113 Mya — about 60 occurrences113–104 Mya — about 44 occurrences104–94 Mya — about 61 occurrences94–85 Mya — about 31 occurrences85–75 Mya — about 139 occurrences75–66 Mya — about 314 occurrences66–57 Mya — about 41 occurrences57–47 Mya — about 85 occurrences47–38 Mya — about 23 occurrences38–28 Mya — about 9 occurrences28–19 Mya — about 5 occurrences19–9.4 Mya — about 24 occurrences9.4–0 Mya — about 41 occurrences266.9 Mya11.7 ka283 Mya0 Mya

1,590 occurrences of Ginglymodi on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

1,590 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

382 formations

Hell Creek — 47.80°N, 106.10°WHell Creek — 47.68°N, 106.43°WHell Creek — 46.03°N, 103.77°WHell Creek — 46.21°N, 103.77°WHell Creek — 46.38°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 45.95°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 46.41°N, 103.94°WHell Creek — 46.10°N, 103.30°WHell Creek — 46.46°N, 104.02°WHell Creek — 46.33°N, 103.90°WHell Creek — 45.94°N, 103.95°WHell Creek — 45.53°N, 101.63°WHell Creek — 47.88°N, 106.20°WHell Creek — 47.55°N, 107.13°WHell Creek — 47.62°N, 107.32°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.98°WHell Creek — 47.57°N, 107.10°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.40°WHell Creek — 47.58°N, 106.30°WHell Creek — 47.55°N, 107.25°WHell Creek — 47.53°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 47.07°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 107.23°WHell Creek — 46.90°N, 101.50°WHell Creek — 47.61°N, 106.90°WHell Creek — 45.73°N, 104.89°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 107.00°WHell Creek — 46.41°N, 103.50°WHell Creek — 46.33°N, 103.98°WHell Creek — 45.66°N, 105.08°WHell Creek — 45.89°N, 104.55°WHell Creek — 45.50°N, 103.10°WHell Creek — 45.64°N, 103.49°WHell Creek — 45.00°N, 103.19°WHell Creek — 47.72°N, 106.53°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 107.18°WHell Creek — 47.27°N, 107.13°WWillwood — 43.95°N, 107.57°WWillwood — 44.30°N, 109.00°WWillwood — 44.15°N, 107.86°WWillwood — 44.58°N, 108.90°WWillwood — 44.83°N, 109.09°WWillwood — 44.50°N, 108.67°WWillwood — 44.56°N, 108.70°WWillwood — 44.55°N, 108.63°WWillwood — 44.59°N, 108.41°WWillwood — 44.52°N, 108.58°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.90°WWillwood — 44.42°N, 108.74°WWillwood — 44.41°N, 108.79°WWillwood — 44.33°N, 108.77°WWillwood — 44.60°N, 108.79°WWillwood — 44.66°N, 108.79°WWillwood — 44.68°N, 108.71°WDinosaur Park — 50.81°N, 111.32°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.40°WDinosaur Park — 50.81°N, 111.63°WDinosaur Park — 49.12°N, 110.47°WDinosaur Park — 50.74°N, 111.49°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.46°WDinosaur Park — 49.96°N, 110.34°WFerris — 41.94°N, 106.88°WFerris — 41.80°N, 107.00°WFerris — 41.96°N, 106.89°WLance — 43.35°N, 104.48°WLance — 43.30°N, 104.37°WLance — 43.12°N, 104.64°WLance — 41.57°N, 108.67°WLance — 43.18°N, 104.53°WLance — 43.15°N, 104.57°WLance — 43.13°N, 104.49°WLance — 43.80°N, 104.62°WLance — 45.75°N, 101.20°WLance — 45.04°N, 108.80°WLance — 43.25°N, 104.65°WLance — 43.00°N, 104.50°WLance — 45.39°N, 103.70°WLance — 43.49°N, 104.46°WOldman — 50.75°N, 111.51°WOldman — 49.10°N, 110.94°WOldman — 49.08°N, 110.84°WOldman — 49.08°N, 110.68°WOldman — 49.16°N, 110.72°WOldman — 50.83°N, 111.32°WOldman — 49.07°N, 110.45°WWestbury — 53.03°N, 0.81°WWestbury — 51.60°N, 2.63°WWestbury — 51.24°N, 2.34°WWestbury — 50.78°N, 2.99°WWestbury — 52.91°N, 0.90°WWestbury — 51.55°N, 2.40°WWestbury — 51.82°N, 2.41°WWestbury — 51.18°N, 3.38°WChinle — 34.44°N, 109.46°WChinle — 35.84°N, 111.25°WChinle — 36.33°N, 106.47°WChinle — 37.05°N, 112.52°WChinle — 36.09°N, 111.36°WChinle — 35.65°N, 111.12°WChinle — 34.68°N, 109.58°WChinle — 38.13°N, 109.18°WChinle — 38.17°N, 109.23°WChinle — 38.28°N, 108.90°WCalcare di Zorzino — 45.82°N, 9.60°ECalcare di Zorzino — 45.79°N, 9.68°ESolnhofen — 48.91°N, 11.14°ESolnhofen — 48.94°N, 8.41°ESolnhofen — 48.90°N, 11.18°ERaisby — 54.63°N, 1.61°WRaisby — 54.95°N, 1.45°WRaisby — 54.85°N, 1.47°WRaisby — 54.65°N, 1.56°WRaisby — 54.69°N, 1.52°WRaisby — 54.93°N, 1.41°WRaisby — 54.63°N, 1.66°WTendaguru — 9.71°S, 39.23°EAguja — 29.14°N, 103.20°WAguja — 29.32°N, 103.52°WAguja — 29.30°N, 103.57°WAguja — 29.46°N, 103.56°WHauptdolomit — 47.73°N, 13.14°EJudith River — 48.93°N, 110.58°WJudith River — 48.97°N, 110.55°WJudith River — 46.46°N, 109.41°WJudith River — 46.10°N, 109.10°WJudith River — 47.72°N, 109.64°WJudith River — 43.64°N, 109.35°WJudith River — 48.89°N, 110.74°WCedar Mountain — 39.05°N, 111.04°WCedar Mountain — 38.69°N, 111.26°WCedar Mountain — 38.83°N, 109.27°WCedar Mountain — 38.83°N, 109.57°WCedar Mountain — 38.64°N, 111.37°WLa Huérguina — 40.06°N, 1.88°WLa Huérguina — 40.12°N, 1.97°WKsar Metlili — 32.70°N, 3.22°WMeride — 45.90°N, 8.93°EMeride — 45.89°N, 8.96°EBoonton — 40.90°N, 74.40°WGreen River — 41.78°N, 110.73°WGreen River — 39.96°N, 111.40°WGreen River — 42.13°N, 110.13°WGreen River — 39.95°N, 111.35°WNorth Horn — 39.10°N, 111.80°WNorth Horn — 39.18°N, 111.27°WNorth Horn — 39.00°N, 111.00°WAïn el Guettar — 33.17°N, 10.26°EAïn el Guettar — 32.68°N, 10.17°EAïn el Guettar — 32.82°N, 10.25°EAïn el Guettar — 32.27°N, 10.33°EKota — 19.27°N, 79.52°EKota — 18.69°N, 80.20°EKota — 18.72°N, 80.14°EKota — 18.92°N, 79.97°EKota — 19.17°N, 79.81°EKota — 19.85°N, 79.74°E

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The named rock units Ginglymodi has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 358 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 309 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Ginglymodi and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Ginglymodi and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

2,997 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 1,285 sites for Ginglymodi, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

701 references

Each of the 1,590 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 689 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Ginglymodi

Credit
Cymothoa exigua
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Ginglymodi was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Cope 1871)