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Saurichthys orientalis

Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae

Taxonomy
Saurichthys orientalis was named by Sytchevskaya (1999). Its type specimen is PIN 3267/172a, b, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Madygen, PIN collection 3267, which is in a Carnian lacustrine - small siliciclastic in the Madygen Formation of Kyrgyzstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Saurichthys orientalis Sytchevskaya p. 465

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

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.

†Saurichthys orientalis Sytchevskaya 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available