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Eurecana gyrolepis

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae

Taxonomy
Eurecana gyrolepis was named by Bock (1959). Its type specimen is ANSP Bock 801 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Eureka Quarry, Fairfield, which is in a Norian terrestrial horizon in the Lockatong Formation of Pennsylvania. It is the type species of Eurecana.

Entered
by M. Carrano on 2021-06-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Eurecana gyrolepis Bock p. 99 figs. Pl. 17:fig. 1–3; Pl. 18:fig.1–3, 5, 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyPalaeoniscidaeVogt 1852
genusEurecanaLeidy 1857
speciesgyrolepis

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.

†Eurecana gyrolepis Bock 1959
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Diagnosis
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