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Merluccius balticus

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Merlucciidae

Taxonomy
Merluccius balticus was named by Koken (1885). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Coelorhynchus balticus by Schwarzhans (2003); it was misspelled as Coelorinchus balticus by Schwarzhans (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Merluccius balticus Koken p. 113 figs. pl. 5, fig. 22
1891Merluccius balticus Koken p. 83
2003Coelorhynchus balticus Schwarzhans p. 59
2004Coelorinchus balticus Schwarzhans p. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Paracanthopterygii()
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
suborderGadoidei
familyMerlucciidaeGill 1884
genusMerlucciusRafinesque 1810
speciesbalticusKoken 1885

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.

Merluccius balticus Koken 1885
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available