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Saurichthys (Eosaurichthys) madagascariensis

Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae

Taxonomy
Saurichthys madagascariensis was named by Piveteau (1945).

It was recombined as Eosaurichthys madagascariensis by Liu and Wei (1988); it was recombined as Saurichthys (Eosaurichthys) madagascariensis by Tintori (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Saurichthys madagascariensis Piveteau
1952Saurichthys madagascariensis Lehman p. 113 figs. 74-76; pl. 34; pl. 35 B-D; pl. 48, figs. B, D
1968Saurichthys madagascariensis Beltan p. 34 figs. 9-10
1978Saurichthys madagascariensis Uyeno p. 197 figs. 4; pl. 3a
1980Saurichthys madagascariensis Rieppel figs. 1-2
1988Eosaurichthys madagascariensis Liu and Wei
2013Saurichthys (Eosaurichthys) madagascariensis Tintori p. 291

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
—Actinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderSaurichthyiformes
familySaurichthyidaeStensiö 1925
genusSaurichthys
subgenusEosaurichthys()
speciesmadagascariensis(Piveteau 1945)

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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Diagnosis
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