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Micromenodon pitti

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Micromenodon pitti was named by Sues and Schoch (2021). Its type specimen is USNM PAL 770096, a maxilla (a nearly complete right maxilla with six teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM locality 39981, which is in a Tuvalian lacustrine - small mudstone in the Vinita Formation of Virginia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Micromenodon pitti Sues and Schoch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
—SauriaGauthier 1984
—Lepidosauromorpha(Benton 1983)
superorderLepidosauria()
—Sphenodontia()
genusMicromenodon
speciespitti

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.

†Micromenodon pitti Sues and Schoch 2021
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Diagnosis
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