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Saurichthys gracilis

Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae

Taxonomy

Saurichthys gracilis was named by Woodward (1890). It is not extant.

Synonyms

Belonorhynchus gracilis was named by Woodward (1890). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gosford Quarry (BMNH coll), which is in a Spathian/Bithynian lacustrine shale in the Terrigal Formation of Australia.

It was synonymized subjectively with Saurichthys gracilis by Schultze et al. (2021).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1890	Saurichthys gracilis Woodward
1890	Belonorhynchus gracilis Woodward p. 27

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata

Rank	Name	Author
—	Osteichthyes	()
—	Actinopterygii	()
infraclass	Chondrostei	Müller 1844
order	Saurichthyiformes
family	Saurichthyidae	Stensiö 1925
genus	Saurichthys
species	gracilis

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.

†Saurichthys gracilis Woodward 1890

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Invalid names: Belonorhynchus gracilis Woodward 1890 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available