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Elonichthys ellsi

Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae

Taxonomy
Elonichthys ellsi was named by Lambe (1909). It is not extant. Its type locality is Albert Mines fish collection, which is in a Tournaisian terrestrial shale in the Albert Formation of Canada.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Elonichthys ellsi Lambe

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

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 ellsi Lambe 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available