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Elonichthys egertoni

Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoniscus egertoni was named by Egerton (1850). Its type specimen is BMNH P570, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Elonichthys egertoni by Woodward (1891).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Palaeoniscus egertoni Egerton
1891Elonichthys egertoni Woodward p. 494

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
familyElonichthyidae
genusElonichthysGiebel 1848
speciesegertoni(Egerton 1850)

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 egertoni Egerton 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available