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Saurichthys piveteaui

Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae

Taxonomy
Saurichthys piveteaui was named by Beltan (1968). Its type specimen is 286, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Ambilobe area (MNHN fish), which is in a Dienerian marine siliciclastic in Madagascar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Saurichthys piveteaui Beltan p. 47 figs. 14-15; pl. 18 A, B; pl. 29

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

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.

†Saurichthys piveteaui Beltan 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available