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Argentina longirostris

Actinopteri - Argentiniformes - Argentinidae

Taxonomy
Argentina longirostris was named by Schwarzhans (2003). Its type specimen is MGUH 26084, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sundkrogen [Lellinge Greensand], which is in a Selandian marine sandstone in the Lellinge Greensand Formation of Denmark.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Argentina longirostris Schwarzhans p. 42 figs. figs. 15A-H

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
superorderProtacanthopterygii
orderArgentiniformes
familyArgentinidaeBonaparte 1838
genusArgentina
specieslongirostris

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.

Argentina longirostris Schwarzhans 2003
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. Schwarzhans 2003Thin, elongated and fragile otoliths with a
length:height index of 1.7 to 1.9. The rostrum is sharp
and long; no antirostrum or excisura are present. The
postdorsal angle is prominent, the predorsal angle is
almost absent. The sulcus is supramedian, long and
narrow; the caudal tip is reaching very close to the
posterior tip of the otolith and is connected with it by
a small depression.