Neopterygii

Neopterygii is a subclass of ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii). Neopterygii includes the Holostei and the Teleostei, of which the latter comprise the vast majority of extant fishes, and over half of all living vertebrate species. While living holosteans include only freshwater taxa, teleosts are diverse in both freshwater and marine environments. Many new species of teleosts are scientifically described each year.

Neopterygii

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 323 million years on record.

The record covers at least 323.6 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 326.9 Mya to 0 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 9 of 3963 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 34 of 3963 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 127 of 3963 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 517 of 3963 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 336 of 3963 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 190 of 3963 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 82 of 3963 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 295 of 3963 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 565 of 3963 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 1355 of 3963 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 95 of 3963 occurrencesEocene — about 254 of 3963 occurrencesOligocene — about 6 of 3963 occurrencesMiocene — about 47 of 3963 occurrencesPliocene — about 3 of 3963 occurrencesPleistocene — about 42 of 3963 occurrences333–322 Mya — about 9 occurrences300–289 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences289–278 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences278–267 Mya — about 7 occurrences267–256 Mya — about 18 occurrences256–245 Mya — about 158 occurrences245–233 Mya — about 527 occurrences233–222 Mya — about 37 occurrences222–211 Mya — about 135 occurrences211–200 Mya — about 158 occurrences200–189 Mya — about 90 occurrences189–178 Mya — about 62 occurrences178–167 Mya — about 51 occurrences167–156 Mya — about 79 occurrences156–144 Mya — about 238 occurrences144–133 Mya — about 116 occurrences133–122 Mya — about 142 occurrences122–111 Mya — about 204 occurrences111–100 Mya — about 140 occurrences100–89 Mya — about 305 occurrences89–78 Mya — about 266 occurrences78–67 Mya — about 704 occurrences67–56 Mya — about 170 occurrences56–44 Mya — about 179 occurrences44–33 Mya — about 63 occurrences33–22 Mya — about 7 occurrences22–11 Mya — about 33 occurrences11–0 Mya — about 64 occurrences323.6 Mya11.7 ka333 Mya0 Mya

3,963 occurrences of Neopterygii 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

3,963 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

578 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 — 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 — 47.52°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 — 45.73°N, 104.89°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 107.00°WHell Creek — 47.27°N, 107.13°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 — 47.47°N, 107.37°WBesano — 45.91°N, 8.95°EBesano — 45.90°N, 8.96°EDinosaur 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°WDinosaur Park — 51.44°N, 110.39°WDinosaur Park — 51.47°N, 110.39°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 — 44.61°N, 108.50°WWillwood — 44.52°N, 108.58°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.90°WWillwood — 44.39°N, 108.71°WWillwood — 44.41°N, 108.79°WWillwood — 44.33°N, 108.77°WWillwood — 44.60°N, 108.79°WWillwood — 44.67°N, 108.80°WWillwood — 44.68°N, 108.75°WFerris — 41.94°N, 106.88°WFerris — 41.80°N, 107.00°WFerris — 41.96°N, 106.89°WBesano — 45.88°N, 8.90°EBesano — 45.96°N, 8.81°ESolnhofen — 48.91°N, 11.14°ESolnhofen — 48.94°N, 8.41°ESolnhofen — 48.90°N, 11.18°ESolnhofen — 49.00°N, 11.70°ESolnhofen — 48.88°N, 11.00°ELance — 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°WPaluxy — 32.00°N, 98.25°WPaluxy — 32.22°N, 98.20°WPaluxy — 33.15°N, 97.57°WPaluxy — 33.12°N, 97.57°WPaluxy — 32.95°N, 97.69°WPaluxy — 33.50°N, 97.50°WPaluxy — 31.70°N, 98.51°WMuschelkalk — 41.27°N, 1.12°EMuschelkalk — 41.80°N, 2.23°EMuschelkalk — 41.56°N, 1.90°EMuschelkalk — 42.13°N, 1.46°EMuschelkalk — 41.12°N, 0.58°EFalang — 25.13°N, 104.75°EFalang — 25.20°N, 105.01°EFalang — 25.11°N, 104.75°EFalang — 25.16°N, 104.79°EFalang — 25.14°N, 104.57°EFalang — 24.71°N, 104.33°EFalang — 25.03°N, 104.75°EFalang — 24.84°N, 104.00°EPerledo-Varenna — 46.02°N, 9.30°EGuanling — 24.78°N, 104.33°EGuanling — 24.71°N, 104.33°EGuanling — 25.52°N, 104.90°EGuanling — 25.70°N, 104.47°EGuanling — 24.90°N, 104.20°ELa Huérguina — 40.06°N, 1.88°WLa Huérguina — 40.12°N, 1.97°WLa Huérguina — 40.22°N, 1.98°WChinle — 34.44°N, 109.46°WChinle — 35.05°N, 109.83°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 — 34.95°N, 109.76°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°EGreenhorn Limestone — 37.22°N, 103.60°WGreenhorn 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 — 38.87°N, 98.51°WGreenhorn Limestone — 39.04°N, 98.99°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.78°N, 98.96°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.92°N, 98.90°WGreenhorn Limestone — 37.65°N, 103.93°WGreenhorn Limestone — 39.81°N, 97.38°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°WMeride — 45.89°N, 8.95°EMeride — 45.89°N, 8.96°EProsanto — 46.68°N, 9.82°EProsanto — 46.69°N, 9.71°EProsanto — 46.75°N, 9.72°EProsanto — 46.77°N, 9.75°ECloverly — 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°WCassina — 45.91°N, 8.95°EEl Castellar — 40.67°N, 0.67°WEl Castellar — 40.58°N, 0.69°WEl Castellar — 40.62°N, 0.84°WEl Castellar — 40.46°N, 0.74°WEl Castellar — 40.44°N, 0.73°W

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The named rock units Neopterygii has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 554 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 798 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Neopterygii and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

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

Found in the same rock

3,569 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,051 sites for Neopterygii, 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

1,177 references

Each of the 3,963 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. 1,165 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 Neopterygii

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

No 3D scan of Neopterygii 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. (Regan 1923)