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Rhadinichthys

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae

Taxonomy

Rhadinichthys was named by Traquair (1877) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour C u Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Rhadinichthyidae.

It was assigned to Palaeoniscidae by Woodward (1891), Hay (1902); to Rhadinichthyidae by Romer (1945); and to Palaeonisciformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

R. delicatus, R. microdon

Entered

by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by S. Fasey on 2023-06-09

Synonyms

Rhadinichthys athertonensis was named by Lowney (1980) [Unpublished PhD thesis]. Its type specimen is MV6870, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Lowney (1980).
Rhadinichthys vagus was named by Lowney (1980) [Unpublished PhD thesis]. Its type specimen is MV 3628, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Lowney (1980).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1877	Rhadinichthys Traquair
1891	Rhadinichthys Woodward p. 461
1902	Rhadinichthys Hay p. 367
1945	Rhadinichthys Romer
1980	Rhadinichthys athertonensis Lowney pp. 20-45
1980	Rhadinichthys vagus Lowney pp. 49-52
2002	Rhadinichthys Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata

Rank	Name	Author
class	Osteichthyes
superclass	Actinopterygii	()
order	Palaeonisciformes	Hay 1902
suborder	Palaeoniscoidei
family	Rhadinichthyidae	Romer 1945
genus	Rhadinichthys	Traquair 1877

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.

G. †Rhadinichthys Traquair 1877

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†Rhadinichthys alberti Jackson 1851

Invalid names: Canobius modulus Dawson 1877 [synonym]

†Rhadinichthys angustulus Traquair 1881

†Rhadinichthys argentinicus Tornquist 1904

†Rhadinichthys bearsdeni MO et al. 2024

Invalid names: Woodichthys bearsdeni Coates 1998 [replaced]

†Rhadinichthys brevis Traquair 1877

†Rhadinichthys cairnsii Jackson 1851

†Rhadinichthys canobiensis Traquair 1909

Invalid names: Rhadinichthys delicatulus Traquair 1881 [synonym], Rhadinichthys elegantulus Traquair 1881 [synonym], Rhadinichthys geikiei Traquair 1881 [synonym]

†Rhadinichthys carinatus Agassiz 1835

Invalid names: Rhadinichthys tenuicauda Traquair 1877 [synonym]

†Rhadinichthys ferox Traquair 1877

†Rhadinichthys flexuosus Yankevich and Minikh 1998

†Rhadinichthys formosus Traquair 1904

†Rhadinichthys glabrolepis Elliott 2018

†Rhadinichthys gracilis Newberry and Worthen 1870

†Rhadinichthys grossarti Traquair 1878

†Rhadinichthys hancocki Atthey 1875

†Rhadinichthys hibernicus Traquair 1914

†Rhadinichthys laevis Traquair 1911

†Rhadinichthys leidyianus Lea 1858