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Gnathophis ornatus

Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Congridae

Taxonomy
Congridarum ornatus was named by Frost (1928). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Long Beach, Clifden, which is in an Altonian coastal horizon in New Zealand.

It was recombined as Gnathophis ornatus by Schwarzhans (1985), Schwarzhans et al. (2017), Schwarzhans (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Congridarum ornatus Frost p. 93 figs. Fig. 4
1980Congridarum ornatus Schwarzhans p. 24
1985Gnathophis ornatus Schwarzhans p. 14
2017Gnathophis ornatus Schwarzhans et al. p. 439
2019Gnathophis ornatus Schwarzhans p. 90

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Elopomorpha()
orderAnguilliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
familyCongridaeKaup 1856
genusGnathophisKaup 1860
speciesornatus()

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.

Gnathophis ornatus Frost 1928
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Diagnosis
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