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Chondrosteus pachyurus

Acipenseriformes - Chondrosteidae

Taxonomy
Chondrosteus pachyurus was named by Egerton (1858). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Lyme Regis, Museum of Practical Geology collection, which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Chondrosteus pachyurus Egerton p. 883
1895Chondrosteus pachyurus Woodward p. 33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
—Actinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderAcipenseriformesBerg 1940
suborderChondrosteoideiGrande and Bemis 1991
familyChondrosteidaeEgerton 1858
genusChondrosteus
speciespachyurus

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.

†Chondrosteus pachyurus Egerton 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available