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Thursius macrolepidotus

Osteolepiformes - Thursiidae

Taxonomy
Dipterus macrolepidotus was named by Sedgwick and Murchison (1829). Its type specimen is GSM 6462, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Catopterus analis by Agassiz (1833); it was recombined as Thursius macrolepidotus by Woodward (1891) and Borgen and Nakrem (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Dipterus macropygopterus Sedgwick and Murchison
1828Dipterus brachypygopterus Sedwick and Murchison
1829Dipterus macrolepidotus Sedgwick and Murchison
1833Catopterus analis Agassiz p. 3 figs. Vol 1, Pl A, fig 2
1835Dipterus macrolepidotus Agassiz p. 115
1836Dipterus macrolepidotus Agassiz figs. Pl 2a, figs 1-5
1891Thursius macrolepidotus Woodward p. 373
1948Thursius moythomasi Jarvik
2016Thursius macrolepidotus Borgen and Nakrem
2016Thursius moythomasi Borgen and Nakrem

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
orderOsteolepiformesBerg 1937
suborderOsteolepidoideiMoy-Thomas and Miles 1971
familyThursiidae
genusThursiusTraquair 1888
speciesmacrolepidotus(Sedgwick and Murchison 1829)

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.

Thursius macrolepidotus Sedgwick and Murchison 1829
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Invalid names: Catopterus analis Agassiz 1833 [synonym], Dipterus brachypygopterus Sedwick and Murchison 1828 [synonym], Dipterus macropygopterus Sedgwick and Murchison 1828 [synonym], Thursius moythomasi Jarvik 1948 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available