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Rhadinichthyidae

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae

Taxonomy
Rhadinichthyidae was named by Romer (1945). Its type is Rhadinichthys.

It was assigned to Rhadinichthyoidei by Lowney (1980); to Actinopterygii by Lund and Poplin (1997); and to Palaeoniscoidei by Nelson (2006).

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2011-09-08; modified by S. Fasey on 2022-07-29

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Rhadinichthyidae Romer
1980Rhadinichthyidae Lowney
1997Rhadinichthyidae Lund and Poplin p. 466
2006Rhadinichthyidae Nelson p. 91

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyRhadinichthyidaeRomer 1945
familyRhadinichthyidaeRomer 1945

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.

Fm. †Rhadinichthyidae Romer 1945
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G. †Akanichthys Kazantseva-Selezneva 1980
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Akanichthys minusculus Kazantseva-Selezneva 1980
Akanichthys shevtshenkoi Kazantseva-Selezneva 1980
G. †Cyranorhis Lund and Poplin 1997
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Cyranorhis bergeraci Lund and Poplin 1997
G. †Eurylepidoides Case 1935
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G. †Mentzichthys Jubb 1965
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Mentzichthys jubbi Gardiner 1969
Mentzichthys maraisi Gardiner 1969
Mentzichthys theroni Gardiner 1969
Mentzichthys walshi Jubb 1965
G. †Rhadinichthys Traquair 1877
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Rhadinichthys alberti Jackson 1851
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Invalid names: Canobius modulus Dawson 1877 [synonym]
Rhadinichthys angustulus Traquair 1881
Rhadinichthys argentinicus Tornquist 1904
Rhadinichthys bearsdeni MO et al. 2024
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Invalid names: Woodichthys bearsdeni Coates 1998 [replaced]
Rhadinichthys brevis Traquair 1877
Rhadinichthys cairnsii Jackson 1851
Rhadinichthys canobiensis Traquair 1909
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Invalid names: Rhadinichthys delicatulus Traquair 1881 [synonym], Rhadinichthys elegantulus Traquair 1881 [synonym], Rhadinichthys geikiei Traquair 1881 [synonym]
Rhadinichthys carinatus Agassiz 1835
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Invalid names: Rhadinichthys tenuicauda Traquair 1877 [synonym]
Rhadinichthys ferox Traquair 1877
Rhadinichthys flexuosus Yankevich and Minikh 1998
Rhadinichthys formosus Traquair 1904
Rhadinichthys glabrolepis Elliott 2018
Rhadinichthys gracilis Newberry and Worthen 1870
Rhadinichthys grossarti Traquair 1878
Rhadinichthys hancocki Atthey 1875
Rhadinichthys hibernicus Traquair 1914
Rhadinichthys laevis Traquair 1911
Rhadinichthys lerichei Pruvost 1919
Rhadinichthys lineatus Newberry 1856
Rhadinichthys macconochii Traquair 1881
Rhadinichthys macrodon Traquair 1877
Rhadinichthys monensis Egerton 1850
Rhadinichthys plumosum Elliott 2018
Rhadinichthys renieri Pruvost 1919
Rhadinichthys rioniger Beltan 1977
Rhadinichthys tuberculatus Traquair 1881
Rhadinichthys wardi Ward 1875
Invalid names: Rhadinichthys athertonensis Lowney 1980 [nomen nudum], Rhadinichthys vagus Lowney 1980 [nomen nudum]
G. †Wendyichthys Lund and Poplin 1997
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Wendyichthys dicksoni Lund and Poplin 1997
Wendyichthys lautreci Lund and Poplin 1997
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available