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Eomesodon liassicus

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes

Taxonomy
Pycnodus liassicus was named by Egerton (1854). Its type specimen is BMNH 19864, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barrow-on-Soar (Egerton Coll.), which is in a Planorbis marine limestone in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Mesodon liassicus by Woodward (1895); it was recombined as Eomesodon liassicus by Woodward (1918), Gardiner (1960), Poyato-Ariza and Wenz (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Pycnodus liassicus Egerton
1855Pycnodus liassicus Egerton p. 436 figs. pl. x.
1895Mesodon liassicus Woodward p. 202
1918Eomesodon liassicus Woodward
1960Eomesodon liassicus Gardiner p. 320
2002Eomesodon liassicus Poyato-Ariza and Wenz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderPycnodontiformesBerg 1937
genusEomesodonWoodward 1918
speciesliassicus()

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.

†Eomesodon liassicus Egerton 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available