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Beagiascus pulcherrimus

Taxonomy
Beagiascus pulcherrimus was named by Mickle et al. (2009). Its type specimen is CM 35349, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bear Gulch (Carnegie Museum Collection), which is in an Arnsbergian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Heath Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Beagiascus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Beagiascus pulcherrimus Mickle et al. p. 639 figs. 10-12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
genusBeagiascus
speciespulcherrimus

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†Beagiascus pulcherrimus Mickle et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available