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Phacodus punctatus

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes

Taxonomy
Phacodus punctatus was named by Dixon (1850). Its type specimen is BMNH 25829 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Phacodus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Phacodus punctatus Dixon p. 371
1988Phacodus sergipensis Santos and Figueiredo p. 447 figs. Fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderPycnodontiformesBerg 1937
genusPhacodus
speciespunctatus

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.

†Phacodus punctatus Dixon 1850
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Invalid names: Phacodus sergipensis Santos and Figueiredo 1988 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available