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Elonichthys sweeti

Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae

Taxonomy
Elonichthys sweeti was named by Woodward (1906). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NMVP 10293, a skeleton (Complete fish). It is the type species of Mansfieldiscus.

It was recombined as Mansfieldiscus sweeti by Long (1988) and Cloutier and Arratia (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. browni, E. robinsoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Elonichthys sweeti Woodward
1988Mansfieldiscus sweeti Long
2004Mansfieldiscus sweeti Cloutier and Arratia

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
familyElonichthyidae
genusElonichthysGiebel 1848
speciessweetiWoodward 1906

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.

†Elonichthys sweeti Woodward 1906
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
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