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Microderson laaroussii

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Microderson laaroussii was named by Sigogneau-Russell (1991). Its type specimen is MNHN SA 40, a tooth (right upper molar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ksar Met-Lili, Anoual, which is in a Tithonian/Berriasian deltaic sandstone in the Ksar Metlili Formation of Morocco. It is the type species of Microderson.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Microderson laaroussii Sigogneau-Russell pp. 281-282 fig. 2
1998Microderson laaroussii Sigogneau-Russell and Ensom pp. 460-461 fig. 9
2004Microderson laaroussii Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 345, 358

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
genusMicroderson
specieslaaroussii

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.

†Microderson laaroussii Sigogneau-Russell 1991
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Diagnosis
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