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Mastygocercus vermiformis

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes

Taxonomy
Mastygocercus vermiformis was named by de Beaufort (1926). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Patanuang Asue, which is in a Miocene marine limestone in the Tonasa Limestone Formation of Indonesia. It is the type species of Mastygocercus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Mastygocercus vermiformis de Beaufort p. 130 figs. Plate 5, Figs. 1&2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopocephalai
—Elopocephala
—Elopomorpha()
orderAnguilliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
genusMastygocercus
speciesvermiformis

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.

†Mastygocercus vermiformis de Beaufort 1926
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Diagnosis
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