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Yelangichthys macrocephalus

Saurichthyiformes - Yelangichthyidae

Taxonomy
Yelangichthys macrocephalus was named by Wu et al. (2013). Its type specimen is GMPKU-P1358, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Xindian, Qingshan Pu'an County, which is in a Pelsonian marine lime mudstone in the Guanling Formation of China. It is the type species of Yelangichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Yelangichthys macrocephalus Wu et al. p. 2 figs. 2-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderSaurichthyiformes
familyYelangichthyidae
genusYelangichthys
speciesmacrocephalus

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.

†Yelangichthys macrocephalus Wu et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available