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Petromyzon

Agnatha - Petromyzontiformes - Petromyzontidae

Taxonomy
Petromyzon was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was assigned to Petromyzonidae by Jordan (1963); and to Petromyzontinae by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Petromyzon Linnaeus p. 230
1963Petromyzon Jordan p. 583
2016Petromyzon Nelson et al. p. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
classAgnathaCope 1889
HyperoartiaMüller 1844
orderPetromyzontiformesBerg 1940
familyPetromyzontidae
subfamilyPetromyzontinae
genusPetromyzon

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. Petromyzon Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available