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Eurycormus

Actinopteri - Pholidophoriformes - Eurycormidae

Taxonomy
Eurycormus is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Eurycormus speciosus. It is the type genus of Eurycormidae.

It was assigned to Eugnathidae by Woodward (1895); to Furidae by Wenz (1967); to Pachycormiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Eurycormidae by Arratia (2017).

Species
E. grandis, E. speciosus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Eurycormus Woodward p. 352
1967Eurycormus Wenz p. 177
2002Eurycormus Sepkoski
2017Eurycormus Arratia p. 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderPholidophoriformes
familyEurycormidae
genusEurycormus

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.

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Eurycormus grandis Woodward 1889
Eurycormus speciosus Wagner 1863
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available