Osteichthyes

Osteichthyes, also known as osteichthyans or commonly referred to as the bony fish, is a diverse clade of vertebrate animals that have endoskeletons primarily composed of bone tissue, encompassing both the conventional bony fishes and, in a cladistic sense, all tetrapods, including mammals and reptiles. They can be contrasted with the Chondrichthyes and the extinct placoderms and acanthodians, which have endoskeletons primarily composed of cartilage. The vast majority of extant fish are members of Osteichthyes, being an extremely diverse and abundant group consisting of 45 orders, over 435 families and 28,000 species.

Osteichthyes

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
bony fishPBDB
Sits inside
GnathostomataPBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB

Time the record covers

At least 438 million years on record.

The record covers at least 438.6 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 443.1 Mya to 0 Mya.

Ordovician — about 0 of 12000 occurrencesSilurian — about 7 of 12000 occurrencesDevonian — about 10 of 12000 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 37 of 12000 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 51 of 12000 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 1 of 12000 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 5 of 12000 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 81 of 12000 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 13 of 12000 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 0 of 12000 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 23 of 12000 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 99 of 12000 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 1467 of 12000 occurrencesPaleocene — about 4149 of 12000 occurrencesEocene — about 5449 of 12000 occurrencesOligocene — about 39 of 12000 occurrencesMiocene — about 359 of 12000 occurrencesPliocene — about 86 of 12000 occurrencesPleistocene — about 104 of 12000 occurrences452–437 Mya — about 1 occurrence437–422 Mya — about 5 occurrences422–407 Mya — about 1 occurrence407–392 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences392–377 Mya — about 3 occurrences377–362 Mya — about 5 occurrences362–347 Mya — about 7 occurrences347–331 Mya — about 5 occurrences331–316 Mya — about 17 occurrences316–301 Mya — about 5 occurrences301–286 Mya — about 21 occurrences286–271 Mya — about 13 occurrences271–256 Mya — about 15 occurrences256–241 Mya — about 8 occurrences241–226 Mya — about 62 occurrences226–211 Mya — about 14 occurrences211–196 Mya — about 14 occurrences196–181 Mya — about 7 occurrences166–151 Mya — about 9 occurrences151–136 Mya — about 30 occurrences136–121 Mya — about 33 occurrences121–105 Mya — about 41 occurrences105–90 Mya — about 171 occurrences90–75 Mya — about 343 occurrences75–60 Mya — about 2956 occurrences60–45 Mya — about 7458 occurrences45–30 Mya — about 161 occurrences30–15 Mya — about 70 occurrences15–0 Mya — about 524 occurrences438.6 Mya11.7 ka452 Mya0 Mya

12,000+ occurrences of Osteichthyes on record. 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

12,000 occurrences read

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. The read hit its cap, so every figure above is a floor and the shares are of the occurrences read. More on what this infers.

Found in

at least 286 formations

Willwood — 43.03°N, 108.38°WWillwood — 44.78°N, 108.97°WWillwood — 44.30°N, 109.00°WWillwood — 44.82°N, 109.05°WWillwood — 43.95°N, 107.57°WWillwood — 44.50°N, 108.00°WWillwood — 44.00°N, 108.00°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.54°WWillwood — 44.60°N, 108.32°WWillwood — 44.64°N, 108.43°WWillwood — 44.53°N, 108.39°WWillwood — 44.53°N, 108.32°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 109.93°WWillwood — 44.59°N, 108.86°WWillwood — 44.49°N, 108.54°WWillwood — 44.42°N, 108.69°WWillwood — 44.38°N, 108.80°WWillwood — 44.44°N, 108.63°WWillwood — 44.49°N, 108.81°WWillwood — 44.50°N, 108.67°WWillwood — 44.56°N, 108.70°WWillwood — 44.59°N, 108.62°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.76°WFort Union — 47.60°N, 107.00°WFort Union — 47.10°N, 104.80°WFort Union — 47.80°N, 106.10°WFort Union — 43.85°N, 108.35°WFort Union — 43.70°N, 108.70°WFort Union — 44.30°N, 109.00°WFort Union — 46.05°N, 104.48°WFort Union — 45.80°N, 104.40°WFort Union — 41.70°N, 109.00°WFort Union — 41.30°N, 107.74°WFort Union — 44.50°N, 108.00°WFort Union — 45.80°N, 109.80°WFort Union — 46.70°N, 101.80°WFort Union — 48.50°N, 101.90°WFort Union — 46.90°N, 101.50°WFort Union — 46.59°N, 101.74°WFort Union — 46.90°N, 103.90°WFort Union — 45.80°N, 110.50°WFort Union — 44.72°N, 108.38°WFort Union — 44.68°N, 108.32°WFort Union — 45.20°N, 109.00°WFort Union — 44.89°N, 108.93°WFort Union — 43.20°N, 107.10°WFort Union — 45.10°N, 106.90°WFort Union — 45.40°N, 105.60°WFort Union — 43.45°N, 109.16°WFort Union — 41.92°N, 108.56°WFort Union — 44.72°N, 108.62°WFort Union — 43.20°N, 108.20°WWasatch — 41.80°N, 110.70°WWasatch — 41.27°N, 110.33°WWasatch — 43.25°N, 110.42°WWasatch — 42.70°N, 110.10°WWasatch — 40.60°N, 108.10°WWasatch — 41.70°N, 109.00°WWasatch — 41.80°N, 107.00°WWasatch — 41.20°N, 110.50°WWasatch — 43.20°N, 108.20°WWasatch — 42.37°N, 108.91°WWasatch — 40.00°N, 107.90°WDeBeque — 40.00°N, 107.90°WDeBeque — 39.20°N, 108.20°WDeBeque — 39.27°N, 108.18°WDeBeque — 39.70°N, 107.60°WDeBeque — 38.70°N, 107.60°WHell Creek — 47.64°N, 106.57°WHell Creek — 47.70°N, 106.23°WHell Creek — 47.80°N, 106.10°WHell Creek — 47.63°N, 106.20°WHell Creek — 47.55°N, 107.12°WHell Creek — 47.62°N, 107.32°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 107.00°WHell Creek — 47.65°N, 106.65°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.98°WHell Creek — 46.30°N, 104.50°WHell Creek — 47.57°N, 107.10°WHell Creek — 45.50°N, 103.10°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.40°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 106.38°WHell Creek — 47.58°N, 106.30°WHell Creek — 47.55°N, 107.25°WHell Creek — 47.87°N, 106.18°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 107.18°WHell Creek — 47.53°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 47.07°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 47.10°N, 104.80°WHell Creek — 47.70°N, 106.55°WHell Creek — 47.73°N, 106.50°WHell Creek — 45.40°N, 105.60°WHell Creek — 46.10°N, 103.30°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 107.23°WHell Creek — 47.68°N, 106.43°WHell Creek — 46.90°N, 101.50°WHell Creek — 47.80°N, 106.21°WWind River — 43.20°N, 107.10°WWind River — 44.00°N, 106.60°WWind River — 43.20°N, 108.20°WNacimiento — 36.30°N, 108.20°WNacimiento — 36.31°N, 108.00°WNacimiento — 35.70°N, 107.00°WNacimiento — 36.57°N, 107.97°WNacimiento — 36.18°N, 107.58°WNacimiento — 36.27°N, 107.76°WPaskapoo — 51.00°N, 114.10°WPaskapoo — 51.90°N, 113.30°WPaskapoo — 53.23°N, 114.70°WPaskapoo — 52.40°N, 113.80°WPaskapoo — 52.30°N, 113.80°WPaskapoo — 52.20°N, 113.70°WPaskapoo — 51.10°N, 114.50°WPaskapoo — 51.18°N, 114.43°WPaskapoo — 52.60°N, 114.10°WPaskapoo — 52.00°N, 114.30°WPaskapoo — 52.20°N, 113.60°WPaskapoo — 51.50°N, 112.30°WPaskapoo — 52.40°N, 116.10°WPaskapoo — 54.80°N, 115.46°WPaskapoo — 54.80°N, 115.80°WPaskapoo — 51.20°N, 112.50°WLance — 43.18°N, 104.53°WLance — 43.00°N, 104.50°WLance — 43.10°N, 104.60°WLance — 41.57°N, 108.67°WLance — 43.15°N, 104.57°WLance — 43.25°N, 104.65°WLance — 44.94°N, 108.85°WLance — 43.30°N, 104.37°WLance — 43.13°N, 104.49°WLance — 43.25°N, 104.52°WLance — 43.80°N, 104.62°WSan Jose — 36.50°N, 107.00°WSan Jose — 35.70°N, 107.00°WFerris — 41.94°N, 106.88°WFerris — 41.80°N, 107.00°WFerris — 41.96°N, 106.89°WFerris — 41.94°N, 106.85°WNorth Horn — 39.27°N, 111.25°WNorth Horn — 39.00°N, 111.00°WNorth Horn — 39.17°N, 111.27°WNorth Horn — 39.10°N, 111.80°WRavenscrag — 49.50°N, 109.20°WRavenscrag — 49.60°N, 108.70°WRavenscrag — 49.70°N, 110.10°WRavenscrag — 49.06°N, 102.75°WJudith River — 47.70°N, 110.70°WJudith River — 46.42°N, 109.27°WJudith River — 48.92°N, 110.58°WJudith River — 46.46°N, 109.41°WJudith River — 48.57°N, 109.68°WJudith River — 47.81°N, 109.59°WJudith River — 48.98°N, 110.52°WJudith River — 46.10°N, 109.10°WJudith River — 46.47°N, 109.30°WJudith River — 48.93°N, 110.65°WCedar Mountain — 39.00°N, 111.00°WCedar Mountain — 38.66°N, 111.24°WCedar Mountain — 38.94°N, 111.08°WCedar Mountain — 38.80°N, 111.17°WBlack Peaks — 29.20°N, 103.20°WBlack Peaks — 29.28°N, 103.55°WBlack Peaks — 29.42°N, 103.10°WBlack Peaks — 29.46°N, 103.15°W"Wasatch" — 44.50°N, 108.00°W"Wasatch" — 40.20°N, 109.90°W"Wasatch" — 44.00°N, 106.60°W"Wasatch" — 43.90°N, 105.70°W"Fort Union" (= Lebo) — 46.20°N, 109.90°W"Fort Union" (= Lebo) — 45.80°N, 109.80°WScollard — 51.80°N, 112.98°WScollard — 51.91°N, 113.03°WScollard — 51.93°N, 113.23°WScollard — 52.33°N, 113.12°WHanna — 41.80°N, 107.00°WLower Variegated Sequence — 43.90°N, 110.80°WNagri — 32.77°N, 72.50°EFrenchman — 49.50°N, 109.10°WFrenchman — 49.40°N, 107.40°WFrenchman — 49.30°N, 108.40°WFrenchman — 49.50°N, 109.20°WFrenchman — 49.20°N, 109.20°WMilk River — 49.10°N, 111.80°W

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The named rock units Osteichthyes has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. The read hit its cap, so each count is a floor. 262 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 1,573 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Found in the same rock

2,728 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 651 sites for Osteichthyes, 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

at least 817 references

Each of the 12,000 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. That read hit its cap, so each count is a floor. 805 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 content2

Picture of Osteichthyes

Credit
Prehistoricplanes
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

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. (Huxley 1880)