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Rhadinichthys alberti

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae

Discussion

Schultze et al., 2021 lists holotype as MCZ 5082

Taxonomy
Palaeoniscus alberti was named by Jackson (1851). Its type specimen is BMNH P.1010, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Albert Mines fish collection, which is in a Tournaisian terrestrial shale in the Albert Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Rhadinichthys alberti 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 S. Fasey on 2023-05-02

Synonyms
  • Palaeoniscus modulus was named by Dawson (1877). It is a 3D body fossil.

    It was recombined as Rhadinichthys modulus by Woodward (1891), Hay (1902); it was recombined as Canobius modulus by Lambe (1909); it was synonymized subjectively with Rhadinichthys alberti by Westoll (1938).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Palaeoniscus alberti Jackson
1877Palaeoniscus modulus Dawson
1891Rhadinichthys alberti Woodward p. 465
1891Rhadinichthys modulus Woodward p. 466
1902Rhadinichthys alberti Hay p. 367
1902Rhadinichthys modulus Hay p. 367
1909Canobius modulus Lambe

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyRhadinichthyidaeRomer 1945
genusRhadinichthysTraquair 1877
speciesalberti(Jackson 1851)

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.

†Rhadinichthys alberti Jackson 1851
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Invalid names: Canobius modulus Dawson 1877 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available