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Brauccipycnodus pillae

Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Taxonomy
Proscinetes pillae was named by Capasso (2007). Its type specimen is CLC I-125, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pietraroja (Capasso collection), which is in an Albian basinal (carbonate) mudstone/wackestone in Italy. It is the type species of Brauccipycnodus.

It was recombined as Brauccipycnodus pillae by Taverne and Capasso (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Proscinetes pillae Capasso p. 134 fig. 177
2021Brauccipycnodus pillae Taverne and Capasso p. 163 figs. 1-14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—NeopterygiiRegan 1923
orderPycnodontiformesBerg 1937
suborderPycnodontoidei
superfamilyPycnodontoidea
familyPycnodontidae()
genusBrauccipycnodus
speciespillae(Capasso 2007)

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.

†Brauccipycnodus pillae Capasso 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available