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Pholidophoroides limbata

Actinopteri - Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae

Taxonomy
Pholidophorus limbatus was named by Agassiz (1833). Its type specimen is BMNH P.1047, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil.

It was recombined as Pholidophoroides limbata by Nybelin (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Pholidophorus limbatus Agassiz p. 9
1843Pholidophorus limbatus Agassiz figs. Pl 37, figs 1-5
1895Pholidophorus limbatus Woodward p. 464 figs. pl. XII. fig. 7
1966Pholidophoroides limbata Nybelin p. 404 figs. Pls. 11, 12; text-fig 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderPholidophoriformes
familyPholidophoridae
genusPholidophoroidesWoodward 1941
specieslimbata()

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.

Pholidophoroides limbata Agassiz 1833
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available