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Caprosimilis

Actinopteri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Caprosimilis Bienkowska-Wasiluk and Bonde p. 464

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
EuteleosteiRosen 1973
superorderAcanthopterygii
genusCaprosimilis

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.

G. †Caprosimilis Bienkowska-Wasiluk and Bonde 2015
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Caprosimilis carpathicus Bienkowska-Wasiluk and Bonde 2015
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. Bienkowska-Wasiluk and N. Bonde 2015Body deep, posterior part of frontals ornamented with curving ridges and spines, eight branchiostegal rays, 24 vertebrae (10 abdominal), 6th interneural space is vacant, ossified ribs present on 4th to 10th abdominal vertebrae, nine spines and 21 soft rays in dorsal fin, four spines and 18 or more soft rays in anal fin, three anal-fin pterygiophores in the first interhaemal space (between the haemal spines of the first and second caudal vertebrae), three supernumerary spines on first radial of anal fin, hypurals 1–3 free and separate from the urostylar centrum, hypural 4 a separate plate, more dorsally positioned hypurals not fused to the urostylar centrum.