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Mesturus verrucosus

Osteichthyes - Acropomatiformes - Coccocephalichthyidae

Taxonomy
Mesturus verrucosus was named by Wagner (1862). Its type specimen is BSPG AS V 508, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Mesturus.

Entered
by M. Carrano on 2019-04-18; modified by B. Allen on 2025-04-01

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Mesturus verrucosus Wagner
1999Mesturus verrucosus Nursall p. 156–157
2002Mesturus verrucosus Poyato-Ariza and Wenz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
orderAcropomatiformes
infraclassActinopteri()
orderAmblypteriformesHeyler 1969
orderBerycomorphi
orderCheirolepidiformes
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
infraclassCladistia(Cope 1870)
familyCoccocephalichthyidaeFowler 1951
RankNameAuthor
familyCoccolepidaeBerg 1940
orderDorypteriformes
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
orderEurynotoidiformesMinikh and Minikh 1990
orderGuildayichthyiformes
HalecostomiRegan 1903
familyHaplolepidaeWestoll 1944
orderHeteromi
familyHowqualepididae
familyIrajapintoseidaeBeltan 1990
familyMimiidaeGardiner 1993
NeopterygiiRegan 1923
orderPycnodontiformesBerg 1937
familyMesturidaeNursall 1996
genusMesturus
speciesverrucosusRusconi 1946

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.

Mesturus verrucosus Wagner 1862
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available