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Palaeospondylus

Dipnoi - Dipteridae

Taxonomy
Palaeospondylus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pteraspidomorphi by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dipteridae by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Palaeospondylus Sepkoski
2016Palaeospondylus Nelson et al. p. 108

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
orderDipnoi(Müller 1884)
orderDipteriformes
familyDipteridaeOwen 1846
genusPalaeospondylus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available