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Moythomasia nitida

Osteichthyes

Discussion

Also described in Jessen (1968).

Taxonomy
Moythomasia nitida was named by Gross (1953). Its type specimen is UGZG V.31200 a,b, a partial skeleton (Incomplete fish lacking posterior part of body, part and counterpart), and it is a compression fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. dungaringa, M. durgarina
Entered
by B. Frable (authorized by W. Dahdul) on 2012-02-07; modified by S. Fasey on 2022-05-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Moythomasia nitida Gross
1968Moythomasia nitida Jessen
2004Moythomasia nitida Cloutier and Arratia
2015Moythomasia nitida Choo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
genusMoythomasiaGross 1950
speciesnitidaGross 1953

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.

†Moythomasia nitida Gross 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available