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Teffichthys madagascariensis

Actinopteri - Perleidiformes - Perleididae

Taxonomy
Perleidus madagascariensis was named by Piveteau (1934). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Ankitokazo basin, which is in a Dienerian/Smithian coastal mudstone in Madagascar. It is the type species of Teffichthys.

It was recombined as Teffichthys madagascariensis by Marramà et al. (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Perleidus madagascariensis Piveteau
1952Perleidus piveteaui Lehman
1952Perleidus madagascariensis Lehman p. 135 figs. 85, 87, 88A, B, 89, 90, 91B, 92; pl. 27, fig. C; pl. 28, fig. A, B; pl. 29, fig. A, B, D, E
1952Perleidus piveteaui Lehman p. 141
1953Perleidus madagascariensis Lehman p. 2 figs. 1-9
2011Plesioperleidus piveteaui Lombardo et al. p. 78
2017Teffichthys madagascariensis Marramà et al. p. 225 figs. 2-13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderPerleidiformesBerg 1937
familyPerleididaeBrough 1931
genusTeffichthys
speciesmadagascariensis(Piveteau 1934)

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.

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Invalid names: Perleidus piveteaui Lehman 1952 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available