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Macropthalmia

Agnatha - Petromyzontiformes - Geotriidae

Taxonomy
Macropthalmia was named by Plate (1897). It is extant.

It was assigned to Geotriidae by Jordan (1963).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Macropthalmia Plate p. 478
1963Macropthalmia Jordan p. 583

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
classAgnathaCope 1889
—HyperoartiaMüller 1844
orderPetromyzontiformesBerg 1940
familyGeotriidae
genusMacropthalmiaPlate 1897

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. Macropthalmia Plate 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2009-12-09 04:57:12
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:08:06
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
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