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Eurylepidoides socialis

Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae

Taxonomy
Eurylepidoides socialis was named by Case (1935). Its type specimen is UMMP 11663, a partial skeleton (posterior half of body), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Near Dundee, which is in an Artinskian/Kungurian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in Texas. It is the type species of Eurylepidoides.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Eurylepidoides socialis Case p. 276 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyRhadinichthyidaeRomer 1945
genusEurylepidoides
speciessocialis

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Diagnosis
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