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Quasipetalichthys

Placodermi - Macropetalichthyiformes - Quasipetalichthyidae

Taxonomy
Quasipetalichthys was named by Liu (1973) [Sepkoski's age data: D Give Sepkoski's reference number: 521]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Quasipetalichthyidae.

It was assigned to Macropetalichthyidae by Denison (1978); to Petalichthida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Quasipetalichthyidae by van der Laan (2019).

Species
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Flannery-Sutherland on 2025-02-12

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Quasipetalichthys Liu
1978Quasipetalichthys Denison
2002Quasipetalichthys Sepkoski
2019Quasipetalichthys van der Laan p. 29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classPlacodermiM'Coy 1848
Antiarchi(Cope 1885)
orderMacropetalichthyiformes
familyQuasipetalichthyidae
genusQuasipetalichthys

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.

G. †Quasipetalichthys Liu 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available