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Pseudopholidoctenus germanicus

Actinopteri - Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae

Taxonomy
Pseudopholidoctenus germanicus was named by Arratia and Schultze (2024). Its type specimen is MfN MB.F.18641, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rüdersdorf, near Berlin: Orbicularis beds, which is in an Illyrian marine horizon in the Karlstadt Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Pseudopholidoctenus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Pseudopholidoctenus germanicus Arratia and Schultze p. 32 figs. 2-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderPholidophoriformes
familyPholidophoridae
genusPseudopholidoctenus
speciesgermanicus

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.

†Pseudopholidoctenus germanicus Arratia and Schultze 2024
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