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Elonichthys semistriatus

Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae

Taxonomy
Elonichthys semistriatus was named by Traquair (1877). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Knowles Ironstone, Fenton, which is in a Moscovian mire/swamp ironstone in the Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. browni, E. robinsoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Elonichthys semistriatus Traquair

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
familyElonichthyidae
genusElonichthysGiebel 1848
speciessemistriatus

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.

†Elonichthys semistriatus Traquair 1877
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available