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Turfania taoshuyuanensis

Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae

Taxonomy
Turfania taoshuyuanensis was named by Liu and Ma (1973). Its type specimen is IVPP V.3252.59, a skeleton, and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Turfania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Turfania taoshuyuanensis Liu and Ma pp. 6-7 figs. 1-7; Pl. 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyPalaeoniscidaeVogt 1852
genusTurfania
speciestaoshuyuanensis

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.

†Turfania taoshuyuanensis Liu and Ma 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available