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Coelodus malwaensis

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Taxonomy
Coelodus malwaensis was named by Chiplonkar and Ghare (1977). Its type specimen is Kht 39/69, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khadlu, which is in a Cretaceous marine sandstone in the Nimar Sandstone Formation of India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. laurenti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Coelodus malwaensis Chiplonkar and Ghare p. 132

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderPycnodontiformesBerg 1937
suborderPycnodontoidei
familyPycnodontidae()
genusCoelodusHaeckel
speciesmalwaensis

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.

†Coelodus malwaensis Chiplonkar and Ghare 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available