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Mene purdyi

Actinopteri - Menidae

Taxonomy
Mene purdyi was named by Friedman and Johnson (2005). Its type specimen is USNM 494403, a partial skeleton (incomplete skull and first two vertebrae preserved in three dimensions), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is South of Negritos, which is in a Thanetian offshore shelf siliciclastic in Peru.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Mene purdyi Friedman and Johnson p. 771

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Carangimorpharia
—Carangimorphariae
familyMenidaeGill 1885
genusMeneLacépède 1803
speciespurdyi

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.

†Mene purdyi Friedman and Johnson 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available