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Sinosaurichthys minuta

Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae

Taxonomy
Sinosaurichthys minuta was named by Wu et al. (2011). Its type specimen is GMPKU-P1955, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Dawazi, bed D37, Luoping County, which is in a Pelsonian marine limestone in the Guanling Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Sinosaurichthys minuta Wu et al. p. 604 figs. 17-20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderSaurichthyiformes
familySaurichthyidaeStensiö 1925
genusSinosaurichthys
speciesminuta

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.

†Sinosaurichthys minuta Wu et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available