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Atlanticopristis equatorialis

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes

Taxonomy
Atlanticopristis equatorialis was named by Pereira and Medeiros (2008). Its type specimen is CPHNAMA-VT 1174, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Laje do Coringa, Ilha do Cajual, which is in a Cenomanian estuary/bay sandstone/conglomerate in the Alcântara Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Atlanticopristis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Atlanticopristis equatorialis Pereira and Medeiros p. 207

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
genusAtlanticopristis
speciesequatorialis

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.

†Atlanticopristis equatorialis Pereira and Medeiros 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available