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Scombrinus dunedinensis

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae

Taxonomy
Portheus dunedinensis was named by Chapman (1935). Its type specimen is OU 6855, a partial skull (partial skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Abbotsford Railway Station, which is in a Heretaungan marine horizon in the Abbotsford Formation of New Zealand.

It was recombined as Scombrinus dunedinensis by Robinson et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Portheus dunedinensis Chapman
2024Scombrinus dunedinensis Robinson et al. p. 569

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—EuteleosteiRosen 1973
superorderAcanthopterygii
—Percomorpha
—OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
orderScombriformes
suborderScombroideiBleeker 1859
familyScombridae(Rafinesque 1815)
genusScombrinus
speciesdunedinensis(Chapman 1935)

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.

†Scombrinus dunedinensis Chapman 1935
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Diagnosis
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