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Flugopterus raiblianus

Actinopteri - Pachycormiformes

Taxonomy
Megalopterus raiblianus was named by Kner (1866). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Raibl, Carinthia (Stur collection), which is in a Julian basinal (carbonate) limestone in Italy. It is the type species of Flugopterus, Megalopterus.

It was recombined as Flugopterus raiblianus by Whitley (1951).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Megalopterus raiblianus Kner p. 174 figs. Pl 4, fig 1
1951Flugopterus raiblianus Whitley

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—AspidorhyncheiNelson et al. 2016
orderPachycormiformesBerg 1940
genusFlugopterus
speciesraiblianus()

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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