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Nezumia sagittiformis

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Macrouridae

Taxonomy
Macrurus sagittiformis was named by Frost (1934). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Island Creek, which is in a Chattian marine mudstone in the Ihungia Formation of New Zealand.

It was recombined as Ventrifossa sagittiformis by Schwarzhans (1980); it was recombined as Nezumia sagittiformis by Schwarzhans (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Macrurus sagittiformis Frost p. 138 figs. Fig. 33
1980Ventrifossa sagittiformis Schwarzhans p. 115
2019Nezumia sagittiformis Schwarzhans p. 164

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Paracanthopterygii()
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
familyMacrouridaeJordan and Evermann 1898
genusNezumiaJordan and Starks 1904
speciessagittiformis()

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.

Nezumia sagittiformis Frost 1934
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Diagnosis
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