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Paratarpon
Taxonomy
Paratarpon was named by Bardack (1970) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is not extant. Its type is Paratarpon apogerontus.
It was assigned to Megalopiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Elopidae by Peng et al. (2001), Hoganson et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Megalopiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Elopidae by Peng et al. (2001), Hoganson et al. (2019).
Species
P. apogerontus (type species)
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Carrano on 2013-04-30
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1970 | Paratarpon Bardack p. 323 figs. pl. 1:1 |
| 2001 | Paratarpon Peng et al. p. 16 |
| 2002 | Paratarpon Sepkoski |
| 2019 | Paratarpon Hoganson et al. p. 54 |
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available