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Australichthys longidorsalis

Taxonomy
Australichthys longidorsalis was named by Gardiner (1969). Its type specimen is Geological Survey of South Africa, Pretoria, a partial skeleton (tolerably complete fish wanting tail and paired fins), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Schiethoogte 279, which is in a Tournaisian lacustrine - large mudstone/marl in the Waaiport Formation of South Africa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Australichthys longidorsalis Gardiner pp. 432-434 fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
genusAustralichthys
specieslongidorsalis

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Diagnosis
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