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Esocelops cavifrons

Osteichthyes - Elopiformes - Elopidae

Taxonomy
Esocelops cavifrons was named by Woodward (1901). Its type specimen is BMNH P1749, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Entered
by P. Vazquez (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2013-03-21

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Esocelops cavifrons Woodward p. 46 figs. pl. III, figs. 1-2
1966Esocelops cavifrons Casier p. 131

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopomorpha()
orderElopiformesSauvage 1875
familyElopidaeBonaparte 1846
genusEsocelops
speciescavifrons

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.

†Esocelops cavifrons Woodward 1901
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available