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Microdon biserialis

Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Taxonomy
Mesodon biserialis was named by Woodward (1890). Its type specimen is BMNH P523, a set of teeth, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Stonesfield Slate, near Oxford (BMNH fish), which is in a Bathonian marine slate in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Microdon biserialis by Woodward (1895).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. hugii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Mesodon biserialis Woodward p. 300 figs. pl. iii. fig. 28
1895Microdon biserialis Woodward p. 230

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—NeopterygiiRegan 1923
orderPycnodontiformesBerg 1937
suborderPycnodontoidei
superfamilyPycnodontoidea
familyPycnodontidae()
genusMicrodon
speciesbiserialis(Woodward 1890)

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.

†Microdon biserialis Woodward 1890
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Diagnosis
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