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Lepidopus proargenteus

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Trichiuridae

Taxonomy
Lepidopus proargenteus was named by Arambourg (1927). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Raz-el-Ain, which is in a Messinian marine horizon in the Raz-el-Ain Formation of Algeria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Lepidopus proargenteus Arambourg
1996Lepidopus proargenteus Gaudant et al. p. 141

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—EuteleosteiRosen 1973
superorderAcanthopterygii
—Percomorpha
—OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
orderScombriformes
familyTrichiuridae
genusLepidopusGouan 1770
speciesproargenteus

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.

†Lepidopus proargenteus Arambourg 1927
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Diagnosis
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