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Syngnathus avus

Osteichthyes - Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae

Taxonomy
Syngnathus avus was named by Jordan and Gilbert (1919). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bairdstown, which is in a Miocene marine shale/sandstone in the Monterey Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. acus, S. acusu, S. kaehsbaueri, S. phlegon
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2017-06-06

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Syngnathus avus Jordan and Gilbert p. 34 figs. Plate XXIX, Fig. 2
1943Syngnathus avus David p. 6170
1980Syngnathus avus Fritzsche p. 219
2012Syngnathus avus Fierstine et al. p. 94

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—Syngnatharia
orderSyngnathiformes
suborderSyngnathoidei
familySyngnathidae
genusSyngnathus
speciesavus

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.

†Syngnathus avus Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available