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Beishanichthys brevicaudalis
Taxonomy
Beishanichthys brevicaudalis was named by Xu and Gao (2011). Its type specimen is PKUP V4881, a skeleton (laterally compressed specimen, pectoral fins missing), and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Beishan Hills, Quarry 3, Subei County, which is in an Olenekian lacustrine shale in the Hongyanjing Formation of China. It is the type species of Beishanichthys.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2011 | Beishanichthys brevicaudalis Xu and Gao p. 597 figs. 2-6 |
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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.
†Beishanichthys brevicaudalis Xu and Gao 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||