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Sphyraenodus speciosus

Actinopteri - Scombriformes

Taxonomy
Sphyraena speciosa was named by Leidy (1856). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Dictyodus speciosus by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Sphyraenodus speciosus by Cope (1875), Rapp (1946).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Sphyraena speciosa Leidy p. 221
1875Sphyraenodus speciosus Cope p. 362
1902Dictyodus speciosus Hay p. 399
1946Sphyraenodus speciosus Rapp p. 512

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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
genusSphyraenodus
speciesspeciosus()

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.

†Sphyraenodus speciosus Leidy 1856
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available