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Uighuroniscus

Osteichthyes - Acropomatiformes - Coccocephalichthyidae

Taxonomy
Uighuroniscus was named by Su (1985). It is the type genus of Uighuroniscidae.

It was assigned to Uighuroniscidae by van der Laan (2019).

Entered
by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2025-07-22; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2025-07-22

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Uighuroniscus Su
2019Uighuroniscus van der Laan p. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
orderAcropomatiformes
infraclassActinopteri()
orderAmblypteriformesHeyler 1969
orderBerycomorphi
orderCheirolepidiformes
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
infraclassCladistia(Cope 1870)
familyCoccocephalichthyidaeFowler 1951
familyCoccolepidaeBerg 1940
orderDorypteriformes
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
orderEurynotoidiformesMinikh and Minikh 1990
orderGuildayichthyiformes
HalecostomiRegan 1903
RankNameAuthor
familyHaplolepidaeWestoll 1944
orderHeteromi
familyHowqualepididae
familyIrajapintoseidaeBeltan 1990
familyMimiidaeGardiner 1993
NeopterygiiRegan 1923
orderPercomorphi
orderPhanerorhynchiformes
orderPhanerosteoniformes
orderPlatysomiformes
orderPlectognathi
orderPtycholepidiformes
orderRedfieldiiformes(Berg 1940)
orderRhadinichthyiformes
orderSaurichthyiformes
orderScleroparei
familyScopelidae
orderTarrasiiformes
familyTienshaniscidaeLiu and Wang 1978
familyTurseoidae
familyUighuroniscidaeSu 1985
genusUighuroniscus

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.

G. †Uighuroniscus Su 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available