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Pshekhagnathus polypterus
Taxonomy
Pshekhagnathus polypterus was named by Bannikov et al. (2017). Its type specimen is PIN 5419/2, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Pshekhagnathus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2017 | Pshekhagnathus polypterus Bannikov et al. p. 81 |
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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.
†Pshekhagnathus polypterus Bannikov et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. F. Bannikov et al. 2017 | A pipefish genus with a strongly elongated snout and body; five or six infraorbital bones present; pectoral, dorsal, anal and caudal fins well-developed; principal ridges of each ring of dermal bony plates with a prominent retrorse spine caudad, ridge margins otherwise entire. |
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections
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