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Piveteauia

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Whiteiidae

Taxonomy
Piveteauia was named by Lehman (1952) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Indu-u].

It was assigned to Coelacanthidae by Lehman (1952); to Coelocanthiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Laugiidae by Forey (1998) and Schultze (2004); and to Whiteiidae by Clement (1999) and Arratia and Schultze (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Piveteauia Lehman p. 32
1998Piveteauia Forey p. 300
1999Piveteauia Clement p. 234
2002Piveteauia Sepkoski
2004Piveteauia Schultze p. 466
2015Piveteauia Arratia and Schultze p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
classCoelacanthimorpha
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
familyWhiteiidaeSchultze 1993
genusPiveteauia

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. †Piveteauia Lehman 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available