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Hemingwaya

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Hemingwayidae

Taxonomy
Hemingwaya was named by Sytchevskaya and Prokofiev (2002).

It was assigned to Hemingwayidae by Fierstine (2006) and Monsch and Bannikov (2011).

Species
H. sarissa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Hemingwaya Sytchevskaya and Prokofiev
2006Hemingwaya Fierstine p. 434
2011Hemingwaya Monsch and Bannikov p. 293

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Scombrimorpharia
orderScombriformes
suborderScombroideiBleeker 1859
superfamilyXiphioideaRafinesque-Schmaltz 1810
familyHemingwayidaeSytchevskaya and Prokofiev 2002
genusHemingwayaSytchevskaya and Prokofiev 2002

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Hemingwaya Sytchevskaya and Prokofiev 2002
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†Hemingwaya sarissa Sytchevskaya and Prokofiev 2002
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
K. A. Monsch and A. F. Bannikov 2011The lower jaw elongated, about as long as rostrum. Skull roof ornamented with crests and pits. Pelfic fin absent. Two dorsal and two anal fins. First dorsal with about 32, first anal with about 26 lepidotrichia. About 39 (16 + 23?) vertebrae. Neural and haemal spine widened and leaf-shaped. Postorbital section of head and body covered with six longitu- dinal rows of thick, mostly hexagonal, scutes.