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Watsonichthys sphaerosideritarum

Osteichthyes - Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepidae

Taxonomy
Acrolepis sphaerosideritarum was named by Fritsch (1895). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NMP M 888, 889, part and counterpart.

It was recombined as Watsonichthys sphaerosideritarum by Štamberg (1991); it was recombined as Elonichthys sphaerosideritarum by Štamberg and Zajíc (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Acrolepis sphaerosideritarum Fritsch
1991Watsonichthys sphaerosideritarum Štamberg
2008Elonichthys sphaerosideritarum Štamberg and Zajíc

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
familyAcrolepidae
genusWatsonichthysAldinger 1937
speciessphaerosideritarum(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.

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Diagnosis
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