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Becklesius cataphractus

Osteichthyes - Paramacellodidae

Taxonomy
Becklesius cataphractus was named by Richter (1994). Its type specimen is IPFUB Una L.17a-17z, a partial skeleton (cranial and postcranial elements), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Uña, which is in a Barremian alluvial fan limestone/lignite in the La Huérguina Formation of Spain.

Entered
by T. Cleary (authorized by P. Barrett) on 2016-03-03

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Becklesius cataphractus Richter p. 15 figs. 3-13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
superfamilyScincoideaOppel 1811
familyParamacellodidae
genusBecklesius
speciescataphractus

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.

†Becklesius cataphractus Richter 1994
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Diagnosis
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