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Copodus lingua

Chondrichthyes - Copodontiformes - Copodontidae

Taxonomy
Mesogomphus lingua was named by Davis (1883). Its type specimen is BMNH P.2500, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Armagh, Ireland (BMNH), which is in a Mississippian marine limestone in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Copodus lingua by Woodward (1889).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Mesogomphus lingua Davis
1889Copodus lingua Woodward p. 94

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
orderCopodontiformesObruchev 1953
familyCopodontidaeDavis 1883
genusCopodusMorris and Roberts 1862
specieslingua(Davis 1883)

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.

†Copodus lingua Davis 1883
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Diagnosis
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