Ruedersdorfia berlinensis is a named stem teleosteomorph placed as Teleosteomorpha incertae sedis, based on holotype MB.f.19910 and paratypes MB.f.14888 and MB.f.19911.
claim:taxon:ruedersdorfia-berlinensis:taxonomyRuedersdorfia berlinensis
A lower Anisian stem teleosteomorph represented by three ornamented skull roofs from the Rüdersdorf Muschelkalk, with no preserved body outline.
Represented range244–244 Ma
Content packageactinopterygii
PBDBtxn:481460
Evidence boundary
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Claim ledger
The Ruedersdorfia berlinensis type and referred skull roofs come from the Rüdersdorf opencast mine in the Central European (Germanic) Basin, Germany; this occurrence does not establish global distribution.
claim:taxon:ruedersdorfia-berlinensis:biogeographyRuedersdorfia berlinensis is associated with the study's marine restricted-basin fossil setting, but the skull-roof-only sample does not establish diet, locomotion or a trophic guild.
claim:taxon:ruedersdorfia-berlinensis:ecologyRuedersdorfia berlinensis has a fused skull roof with a nearly equal orbital and postorbital region, a short nasal region and middle pitline, and characteristic ganoine ornamentation.
claim:taxon:ruedersdorfia-berlinensis:morphologyThe displayed approximately 244 Ma point bounds the lower Anisian Rüdersdorf sample of Ruedersdorfia berlinensis and is not a global teleosteomorph or teleost first appearance.
claim:taxon:ruedersdorfia-berlinensis:fossil-rangeKnown limits
- A missing branch or fossil occurrence does not imply biological absence. Internal nodes are not calibrated divergence estimates.
References
- The oldest teleosts (Teleosteomorpha): their early taxonomic, phenotypic, and ecological diversification during the TriassicArratia, G.; Schultze, H.-P. · 2024 · DOI 10.3897/fr.27.115970
- Open Tree of Life web servicesOpenTreeOfLife Project
- The Paleobiology Database application programming interfacePeters, S.E.; McClennen, M. · 2016 · DOI 10.1017/pab.2015.39
- Denormalized occurrence and taxon tables of the Paleobiology DatabaseThe Paleobiology Database Community; Kocsis, Á.T. · 2026 · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21620933