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Syngnathus emeritus

Actinopteri - Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae

Taxonomy
Syngnathus emeritus was named by Fritzsche (1980). Its type specimen is LCAM 27445, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is San Dimas, which is in a Tortonian marine horizon in the Puente Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Syngnathus emeritus Fritzsche p. 218 figs. Fig. 15C
2012Syngnathus emeritus Fierstine et al. p. 94

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Scombrimorpharia
orderSyngnathiformes
suborderSyngnathoidei
familySyngnathidae
genusSyngnathus
speciesemeritus

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 emeritus Fritzsche 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available