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Malacocottus
Taxonomy
Malacocottus was named by Bean (1890) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Scorpaeniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Psychrolutidae by Fierstine et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Scorpaeniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Psychrolutidae by Fierstine et al. (2012).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1890 | Malacocottus Bean |
| 2002 | Malacocottus Sepkoski |
| 2012 | Malacocottus Fierstine et al. p. 112 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||