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Saurichthys (Costasaurichthys) costasquamosus

Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae

Taxonomy
Saurichthys costasquamosus was named by Rieppel (1985). Its type specimen is PIMUZ T1855, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Point 902, Monte San Giorgio, Bed 163, which is in a Fassanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Switzerland. It is the type species of Saurichthys (Costasaurichthys).

It was recombined as Saurichthys (Costasaurichthys) costasquamosus by Tintori (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Saurichthys costasquamosus Rieppel
1991Saurichthys costasquamosus Bürgin et al. p. 937 fig. 10
1999Saurichthys costasquamosus Cartanyà p. 541
2013Saurichthys (Costasaurichthys) costasquamosus Tintori p. 291

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
—Actinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderSaurichthyiformes
familySaurichthyidaeStensiö 1925
genusSaurichthys
subgenusCostasaurichthys
speciescostasquamosus()

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
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