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Ptycholepis viai

Ptycholepiformes - Ptycholepididae

Taxonomy
Perleidus viai was named by Beltan (1972). Its type specimen is M19, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Montral and Alcover Quarries (MSB), which is in a Ladinian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite in the Muschelkalk Formation of Spain.

It was recombined as Ptycholepis viai by Bürgin (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Perleidus viai Beltan p. 296 figs. 5, pl. VII, C
1992Ptycholepis viai Bürgin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderPtycholepiformes
familyPtycholepididaeBrough 1939
genusPtycholepis
speciesviai()

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.

†Ptycholepis viai Beltan 1972
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Diagnosis
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