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Elonichthys krejcii

Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae

Taxonomy
Acrolepis krejcii was named by Fritsch (1895). Its type specimen is NMP M 1208, a skeleton (Nearly complete specimen), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Malesice, which is in a Stephanian B lacustrine horizon in the Slaný Formation of the Czech Republic.

It was recombined as Watsonichthys krejcii by Štamberg (1991); it was recombined as Elonichthys krejcii by Štamberg (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. browni, E. robinsoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Acrolepis krejcii Fritsch
1991Watsonichthys krejcii Štamberg
2010Elonichthys krejcii Štamberg

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
familyElonichthyidae
genusElonichthysGiebel 1848
specieskrejcii(Fritsch 1895)

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.

†Elonichthys krejcii Fritsch 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available