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Osmeroides maximus

Osteichthyes - Elopiformes - Osmeroididae

Taxonomy
Osmeroides maximus was named by Davis (1887). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sahil Alma (Lewis collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. rheris, O. transversus
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2021-07-13

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Osmeroides maximus Davis p. 566

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopomorpha()
orderElopiformesSauvage 1875
suborderAlbuloidei
familyOsmeroididae
genusOsmeroides
speciesmaximus

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.

†Osmeroides maximus Davis 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available