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Aenigmastropheus parringtoni

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Aenigmastropheus parringtoni was named by Ezcurra et al. (2014). Its type specimen is UMZC T836, a partial skeleton (Partial postcranial skeleton including five posterior cervical–anterior dorsal vertebrae, distal half of the right humerus, fragment of probable left humeral sh), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is B35 of Stockley, Ruanda, which is in a Wuchiapingian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Usili Formation of Tanzania. It is the type species of Aenigmastropheus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Aenigmastropheus parringtoni Ezcurra et al.
2016Aenigmastropheus parringtoni Ezcurra

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
genusAenigmastropheus
speciesparringtoni

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.

†Aenigmastropheus parringtoni Ezcurra et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
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