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Argillichthys toombsi

Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes - Synodidae

Taxonomy
Argillichthys toombsi was named by Casier (1966). Its type specimen is BMNH P 42519, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Isle of Sheppey (BMNH collection), which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Argillichthys.

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by M. Uhen on 2017-05-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Argillichthys toombsi Casier p. 153 figs. Plate 19, Fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Cyclosquamata
orderAulopiformesRosen 1973
familySynodidae
genusArgillichthys
speciestoombsi

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.

†Argillichthys toombsi Casier 1966
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Diagnosis
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