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Hemielopopsis gracilis

Osteichthyes - Elopiformes - Elopidae

Taxonomy
Hemielopopsis gracilis was named by Bassani (1879). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Lesina (Universitat Wien NHMW collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Starigrad Limestone Formation of Croatia.

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by M. Clapham on 2021-07-17

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Hemielopopsis gracilis Bassani p. 166
1882Hemielopopsis gracilis Bassani p. 216 figs. Pl 6, fig 3

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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
familyElopidaeBonaparte 1846
genusHemielopopsis
speciesgracilis

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.

†Hemielopopsis gracilis Bassani 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available