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Pholidophorus higginsi

Actinopteri - Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae

Taxonomy
Pholidophorus higginsi was named by Egerton (1854). Its type specimen is BMNH P.578, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Aust Cliff bone bed (BMNH coll), which is in a Rhaetian coastal conglomerate in the Westbury Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. obesus, P. retrodorsalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Pholidophorus higginsi Egerton p. 435 figs. pl. vii. figs. 1-5
1895Pholidophorus higginsi Woodward p. 461

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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
genusPholidophorus
specieshigginsi

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.

†Pholidophorus higginsi Egerton 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available