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Malingichthys wanfenglinensis

Actinopteri - Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae

Taxonomy
Malingichthys wanfenglinensis was named by Tintori et al. (2015). Its type specimen is GMPKU-P-3181, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Layer 35, Nimaigu Village, Wusha Township, Xingyi, which is in a Longobardian marine limestone in the Falang Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Malingichthys wanfenglinensis Tintori et al. p. 291 figs. 7-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderPholidophoriformes
familyPholidophoridae
genusMalingichthys
specieswanfenglinensis

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.

†Malingichthys wanfenglinensis Tintori et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
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