Holostei

Holostei is a group of ray-finned bony fish. It is divided into two major clades, the Halecomorphi, represented by the single living genus, Amia with two species, the bowfins, as well as the Ginglymodi, the sole living representatives being the gars (Lepisosteidae), represented by seven living species in two genera. The earliest members of the clade, which are putative "semionotiforms" such as Acentrophorus and Archaeolepidotus, are known from the Middle to Late Permian and are among the earliest known neopterygians.

Holostei

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 274 million years on record.

The record covers at least 274.4 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 290.1 Mya to 0 Mya.

Permian — about 2 of 901 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 901 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 54 of 901 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 4 of 901 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 16 of 901 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 6 of 901 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 60 of 901 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 132 of 901 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 485 of 901 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 34 of 901 occurrencesEocene — about 79 of 901 occurrencesOligocene — about 3 of 901 occurrencesMiocene — about 16 of 901 occurrencesPliocene — about 0 of 901 occurrencesPleistocene — about 7 of 901 occurrences296–286 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences286–276 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences276–266 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences256–247 Mya — about 1 occurrence247–237 Mya — about 54 occurrences237–227 Mya — about 2 occurrences227–217 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences217–207 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences207–197 Mya — about 4 occurrences197–187 Mya — about 6 occurrences187–178 Mya — about 7 occurrences178–168 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences168–158 Mya — about 7 occurrences158–148 Mya — about 33 occurrences148–138 Mya — about 35 occurrences138–128 Mya — about 10 occurrences128–118 Mya — about 58 occurrences118–108 Mya — about 38 occurrences108–99 Mya — about 31 occurrences99–89 Mya — about 52 occurrences89–79 Mya — about 87 occurrences79–69 Mya — about 220 occurrences69–59 Mya — about 136 occurrences59–49 Mya — about 52 occurrences49–39 Mya — about 24 occurrences39–30 Mya — about 14 occurrences30–20 Mya — about 2 occurrences20–9.9 Mya — about 13 occurrences9.9–0 Mya — about 12 occurrences274.4 Mya11.7 ka296 Mya0 Mya

901 occurrences of Holostei 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

901 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

211 formations

Hell Creek — 47.80°N, 106.10°WHell Creek — 47.68°N, 106.43°WHell Creek — 45.95°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 46.10°N, 103.30°WHell Creek — 45.98°N, 103.75°WHell Creek — 46.18°N, 103.84°WHell Creek — 46.14°N, 103.80°WHell Creek — 46.41°N, 103.94°WHell Creek — 46.38°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 46.46°N, 104.02°WHell Creek — 46.33°N, 103.90°WHell Creek — 45.94°N, 103.95°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 — 47.52°N, 107.18°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 — 47.60°N, 107.00°WHell Creek — 47.27°N, 107.13°WHell Creek — 46.41°N, 103.50°WHell Creek — 45.66°N, 105.08°WHell Creek — 45.50°N, 103.10°WHell Creek — 45.64°N, 103.49°WHell Creek — 45.53°N, 101.63°WHell Creek — 45.00°N, 103.19°WHell Creek — 47.47°N, 107.37°WDinosaur Park — 49.12°N, 110.47°WDinosaur Park — 50.74°N, 111.49°WDinosaur Park — 50.79°N, 111.62°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.46°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.40°WDinosaur Park — 50.78°N, 111.33°WDinosaur Park — 51.44°N, 110.39°WDinosaur Park — 51.47°N, 110.39°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°WFerris — 41.94°N, 106.88°WFerris — 41.80°N, 107.00°WFerris — 41.96°N, 106.89°WBesano — 45.91°N, 8.95°ELance — 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 — 43.00°N, 104.50°WLance — 43.28°N, 104.53°WWillwood — 43.95°N, 107.57°WWillwood — 44.30°N, 109.00°WWillwood — 44.55°N, 108.63°WWillwood — 44.63°N, 108.40°WWillwood — 44.61°N, 108.50°WWillwood — 44.63°N, 108.89°WWillwood — 44.39°N, 108.71°WWillwood — 44.59°N, 108.78°WWillwood — 44.67°N, 108.80°WWillwood — 44.68°N, 108.75°WCloverly — 45.38°N, 108.24°WCloverly — 44.65°N, 107.88°WCloverly — 44.51°N, 107.90°WCloverly — 44.50°N, 107.82°WCloverly — 44.44°N, 109.06°WForemost — 50.07°N, 111.14°WForemost — 49.13°N, 110.87°WForemost — 49.60°N, 111.00°WSolnhofen — 48.91°N, 11.14°ESolnhofen — 48.90°N, 11.18°ESolnhofen — 48.94°N, 8.41°EGreenhorn Limestone — 37.69°N, 103.94°WGreenhorn Limestone — 39.81°N, 97.34°WGreenhorn Limestone — 39.74°N, 97.65°WGreenhorn Limestone — 42.64°N, 96.53°WGreenhorn Limestone — 37.46°N, 103.05°WGreenhorn Limestone — 39.04°N, 98.99°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.78°N, 98.96°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.92°N, 98.90°WGreenhorn Limestone — 39.81°N, 97.38°WHorseshoe Canyon — 52.00°N, 112.88°WCassina — 45.91°N, 8.95°EMorrison — 37.53°N, 103.68°WMorrison — 38.32°N, 108.83°WMorrison — 44.46°N, 104.73°WMorrison — 39.15°N, 108.77°WMorrison — 37.63°N, 109.57°WMorrison — 41.91°N, 105.97°WMorrison — 36.92°N, 102.98°WFort Union — 44.91°N, 108.91°WFort Union — 43.85°N, 108.35°WFort Union — 46.05°N, 104.48°WFort Union — 46.90°N, 101.50°WFort Union — 47.60°N, 107.00°WFort Union — 45.20°N, 109.00°WLa Huérguina — 40.06°N, 1.88°WLa Huérguina — 40.12°N, 1.97°WIlek — 55.90°N, 87.96°EIlek — 56.53°N, 91.81°EIlek — 55.97°N, 88.09°EIlek — 55.88°N, 88.32°EIlek — 56.57°N, 91.85°EIlek — 56.64°N, 91.99°EEl Castellar — 40.67°N, 0.67°WEl Castellar — 40.58°N, 0.69°WEl Castellar — 40.46°N, 0.74°WEl Castellar — 40.44°N, 0.73°WSao Khua — 16.89°N, 104.08°ESao Khua — 16.86°N, 104.48°ESao Khua — 17.07°N, 104.16°ESao Khua — 17.10°N, 102.49°ERomualdo — 7.22°S, 39.27°WRomualdo — 7.52°S, 39.57°WRomualdo — 7.51°S, 39.55°WRomualdo — 7.47°S, 39.76°WMilk River — 49.10°N, 111.80°WIron Springs — 37.80°N, 112.81°WIron Springs — 37.90°N, 112.74°WIron Springs — 37.37°N, 113.35°WIron Springs — 37.57°N, 113.43°WGreen River — 41.78°N, 110.73°WGreen River — 42.13°N, 110.13°WGreen River — 42.17°N, 109.42°WGrünsandstein — 48.93°N, 11.83°E

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The named rock units Holostei has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 187 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 87 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Holostei and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

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

Found in the same rock

2,367 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 671 sites for Holostei, 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

357 references

Each of the 901 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. 345 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 Holostei

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

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. (Müller 1846)