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Saurorhynchus hauffi

Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae

Taxonomy
Saurorhynchus hauffi was named by Maxwell and Stumpf (2017). Its type specimen is SMNS 55057, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Zell unter Aichelberg, epsilon II-4 (SMNS collection), which is in a Toarcian marine shale in the Posidonienschiefer Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Saurorhynchus hauffi Maxwell and Stumpf p. 13 figs. 1D,E, 2C, 4C,F, 5C,D, 6C, 7B-D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderSaurichthyiformes
familySaurichthyidaeStensiö 1925
genusSaurorhynchusReis 1892
specieshauffi

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.

†Saurorhynchus hauffi Maxwell and Stumpf 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available