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Merluccius fimbriatus

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Merlucciidae

Taxonomy
Merluccius fimbriatus was named by Stinton (1957). Its type specimen is NMV P 16951, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Balcombe Bay, Langhian, which is in a Langhian marine marl in Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. albidus, M. angustimanus, M. billnearis, M. latus, M. meluccius, M. merlucchus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Merluccius fimbriatus Stinton p. 84

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Paracanthopterygii()
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
suborderGadoidei
familyMerlucciidaeGill 1884
genusMerlucciusRafinesque 1810
speciesfimbriatus

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.

†Merluccius fimbriatus Stinton 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available