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Gymnogeophagus eocenicus

Actinopteri - Cichliformes - Cichlidae

Taxonomy
Gymnogeophagus eocenicus was named by Malabarba et al. (2010). Its type specimen is CNS-V10024, a skeleton (Right lateral view), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Alemania locality, which is in a Ypresian/Lutetian lacustrine sandstone/claystone in the Lumbrera Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Gymnogeophagus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Gymnogeophagus eocenicus Malabarba et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
RankNameAuthor
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Carangimorpharia
—Ovalentariae
superorderCichlomorphae
orderCichliformes
familyCichlidaeHeckel 1840
genusGymnogeophagusRibeiro 1918
specieseocenicus

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.

†Gymnogeophagus eocenicus Malabarba et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available