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Scalanago extatus

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae

Taxonomy
Scalanago extatus was named by Schwarzhans (1985). Its type specimen is SADME 10328, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rutledges Beach, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Scalanago extatus Schwarzhans p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopocephalai
—Elopocephala
—Elopomorpha()
orderAnguilliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
familyCongridaeKaup 1856
genusScalanagoWhiteley 1935
speciesextatus

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.

†Scalanago extatus Schwarzhans 1985
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Diagnosis
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