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Rhipis

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae

Taxonomy
Rhipis was named by Saint-Seine (1950).

It was assigned to Coelacanthidae by Casier (1965); to Coelacanthiformes by Forey (1998); and to Mawsoniidae by Schultze (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Rhipis Saint-Seine
1965Rhipis Casier p. 43
1998Rhipis Forey p. 357
2004Rhipis Schultze p. 468

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
classCoelacanthimorpha
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
suborderLatimeroideiSchultze 1993
familyMawsoniidaeSchultze 1993
genusRhipisSaint-Seine 1950

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.

G. †Rhipis Saint-Seine 1950
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Rhipis moorseli Saint-Seine 1950
Rhipis tuberculatus Casier 1965
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available