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Ptycholepis schaefferi

Ptycholepiformes - Ptycholepididae

Taxonomy
Ptycholepis schaefferi was named by Bürgin (1992). Its type specimen is PIMUZ T.1738, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Val Porina, Tessin collection, Monte San Giorgio, which is in an Illyrian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Switzerland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Ptycholepis schaefferi Bürgin p. 30 figs. 22-25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderPtycholepiformes
familyPtycholepididaeBrough 1939
genusPtycholepis
speciesschaefferi

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.

†Ptycholepis schaefferi Bürgin 1992
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Diagnosis
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