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Tetragonopterus lignitcus

Taxonomy
Tetragonopterus lignitcus was named by Woodward (1898). Its type specimen is BMNH P9012, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Eobrycon lignitcus by Schaeffer (1947).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Tetragonopterus lignitcus Woodward
1901Tetragonopterus lignitcus Woodward p. 298 figs. pl. xvii, figs. 2-3
1947Eobrycon lignitcus Schaeffer p. 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
genusTetragonopterusCuvier 1817
specieslignitcusWoodward 1898

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.

†Tetragonopterus lignitcus Woodward 1898
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988
Collections
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