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Madtsoia madagascariensis

Osteichthyes - Madtsoiidae

Taxonomy
Madtsoia madagascariensis was named by Hoffstetter (1961). Its type specimen is MNHN MAJ 5, a set of vertebrae (posterior trunk vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gite du Guide, north of Berivotra, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Maevarano Formation of Madagascar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Madtsoia madagascariensis Hoffstetter p. 159 figs. 2-3
1976Madtsoia madagascariensis Russell et al.
1984Madtsoia madagascariensis Rage p. 30
2010Madtsoia madagascariensis LaDuke et al. p. 112
2011Madtsoia madagascariensis Mohabey et al. p. 589
2013Madtsoia madagascariensis Vasile et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
familyMadtsoiidae()
genusMadtsoia
speciesmadagascariensis

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.

†Madtsoia madagascariensis Hoffstetter 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available