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Rhadinichthys ornatissimus

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoniscus ornatissimus was named by Agassiz (1835). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Rhadinichthys ornatissimus by Woodward (1891), Hay (1902).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. delicatus, R. microdon
Entered
by P. Vazquez (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2013-03-19; modified by M. Clapham on 2021-08-01

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Palaeoniscus ornatissimus Agassiz p. 92
1836Palaeoniscus ornatissimus Agassiz figs. Pl 10a, figs 5-8
1891Rhadinichthys ornatissimus Woodward p. 462
1902Rhadinichthys ornatissimus Hay p. 367

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyRhadinichthyidaeRomer 1945
genusRhadinichthysTraquair 1877
speciesornatissimus()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available