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Saurichthys deperditus

Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae

Taxonomy
Giffonus deperditus was named by Costa (1862). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Giffoni Valle Piana, Salerno, which is in an Alaunian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Dolomia Principale Formation of Italy.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Bassani (1895); it was recombined as Saurichthys deperditus by Hornung et al. (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Giffonus deperditus Costa p. 26 figs. Pl 6, fig 2
1918Saurichthys krambergeri Schlosser pp. 180-181
1925Saurichthys krambergeri Stensiö pp. 180-181
1962Saurichthys krambergeri Griffith p. 344 figs. figs 1, 2; text-fig 1-3
2019Saurichthys deperditus Hornung et al. p. 136 figs. 13-15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
Actinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderSaurichthyiformes
familySaurichthyidaeStensiö 1925
genusSaurichthys
speciesdeperditus(Costa 1862)

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 deperditus Costa 1862
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Invalid names: Saurichthys krambergeri Schlosser 1918 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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