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Parelops prazakii

Osteichthyes - Acropomatiformes - Elopidae

Taxonomy
Parelops prazakii was named by Bayer (1902). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vehlovice, which is in a Turonian marine siliciclastic in Czechia.

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by M. Carrano on 2015-08-24; modified by M. Clapham on 2025-09-04

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Parelops prazakii Bayer p. 13 figs. Pl 2, fig 1
1903Parelops prazakii Bayer p. 272
1905Parelops prazakii Bayer p. 8 figs. Pl 2, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
orderAcropomatiformes
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopomorpha()
orderElopiformesSauvage 1875
familyElopidaeBonaparte 1846
genusParelops
speciesprazakii

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.

†Parelops prazakii Bayer 1902
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Diagnosis
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