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Watsonichthys pectinatus

Osteichthyes - Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepidae

Taxonomy
Elonichthys pectinatus was named by Traquair (1877). Its type specimen is NMS 1874.22.2, a dermal scale, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Watsonichthys pectinatus by Aldinger (1937).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Elonichthys pectinatus Traquair
1937Watsonichthys pectinatus Aldinger

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
familyAcrolepidae
genusWatsonichthysAldinger 1937
speciespectinatus(Traquair 1877)

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.

†Watsonichthys pectinatus Traquair 1877
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Diagnosis
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