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Ptycholepis minor

Ptycholepiformes - Ptycholepididae

Taxonomy
Ptycholepis minor was named by Egerton (1852). Its type specimen is BMNH P.574, P.3694, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Barrow-on-Soar (BMNH collection), which is in a Planorbis marine limestone in the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Ptycholepis minor Egerton figs. pl. vii
1895Ptycholepis minor Woodward p. 323

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderPtycholepiformes
familyPtycholepididaeBrough 1939
genusPtycholepis
speciesminorEgerton 1852

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.

†Ptycholepis minor Egerton 1852
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available