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Palaeobalistum geiseri

Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Taxonomy
Palaeobalistum geiseri was named by Thurmond (1974). Its type specimen is SMUSMP 62093, a partial skull (vomer), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Paluxy Church, which is in an Aptian terrestrial siltstone in the Twin Mountains Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Palaeobalistum geiseri Thurmond p. 115 figs. 10; Pl. 1:2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—NeopterygiiRegan 1923
orderPycnodontiformesBerg 1937
suborderPycnodontoidei
superfamilyPycnodontoidea
familyPycnodontidae()
subfamilyNursalliinae(Blot 1987)
genusPalaeobalistumBlainville 1818
speciesgeiseri

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.

†Palaeobalistum geiseri Thurmond 1974
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