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Oshunia brevis

Osteichthyes - Amiiformes - Ionoscopidae

Taxonomy
Oshunia brevis was named by Wenz and Kellner (1986). It is not extant. Its type specimen is CD-P-31, a skeleton. Its type locality is Santana do Cariri (general), which is in an Aptian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal shale in the Romualdo Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Oshunia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Oshunia brevis Wenz and Kellner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
NeopterygiiRegan 1923
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
orderAmiiformesHay 1929
familyIonoscopidaeLehman 1966
genusOshunia
speciesbrevis

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.

Oshunia brevis Wenz and Kellner 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available