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Coryphaena apoda

Taxonomy
Coryphaena apoda was named by Volta (1796). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Monte Bolca (MNHN Paris Bol. collection), which is in a Ypresian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Italy. It is the type species of Pycnodus.

It was recombined as Pycnodus apodus by Poyato-Ariza and Wenz (2002), Carnevale et al. (2014), Bannikov (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1796Coryphaena apoda Volta
1818Zeus platessus Blainville
1833Pycnodus platessus Agassiz p. 17
1835Pycnodus platessus Agassiz p. 34ff
1839Pycnodus platessus Agassiz figs. Pl 72, figs 1-4
1843Pycnodus platessus Agassiz p. 185
1902Pycnodus platessus Hay p. 373
2002Pycnodus apodus Poyato-Ariza and Wenz
2014Pycnodus apodus Bannikov p. 25
2014Pycnodus apodus Carnevale et al. p. 41

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RankNameAuthor
genusCoryphaena
RankNameAuthor
speciesapodaVolta 1796

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.

Coryphaena apoda Volta 1796
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Diagnosis
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