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Elonichthys
Taxonomy
Elonichthys was named by Giebel (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant. Its type is Elonichthys germari. It is the type genus of Elonichthyidae.
It was assigned to Palaeoniscidae by Woodward (1891), Hay (1902), Eastman (1903) and Heintz (1934); to Palaeonisciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Elonichthyidae by Aldinger (1937), Gardiner (1960), Gardiner (1962), Schindler (2018) and Bakaev et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Palaeoniscidae by Woodward (1891), Hay (1902), Eastman (1903) and Heintz (1934); to Palaeonisciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Elonichthyidae by Aldinger (1937), Gardiner (1960), Gardiner (1962), Schindler (2018) and Bakaev et al. (2020).
Species
E. addamsi, E. armatus, E. binneyi, E. brownii, E. caudalis, E. contortus, E. davidi, E. denticulatus, E. disjunctus, E. egertoni, E. elegans, E. ellsi, E. fritschi (syn. Amblypterus regelii, Pygopterus antiquus, Amblypterus elongatus, Amblypterus gracilis), E. germari (type species), E. gondwanus, E. hypsilepis, E. insolitus, E. krejcii, E. macropercularis, E. multistriatus, E. natalis, E. oblongus, E. ortholepis, E. peltigerus, E. perpennatus, E. portlocki, E. pulcherrimus, E. punctatus, E. remotus, E. robisoni (syn. Amblypterus nemopterus, E. dunsii, E. bucklandi, E. striolatus, E. ovatus, E. tenuiserratus, E. intermedius), E. semilineatus, E. semistriatus, E. serratus, E. striatulus, E. sweeti, E. whaitsi, E. wolffi
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1848 | Elonichthys Giebel |
| 1877 | Elonichthys caudalis Traquair |
| 1891 | Elonichthys Woodward p. 487 |
| 1902 | Elonichthys Hay p. 368 |
| 1903 | Elonichthys Eastman p. 190 |
| 1934 | Elonichthys Heintz p. S187 |
| 1937 | Elonichthys Aldinger p. 16 |
| 1960 | Elonichthys Gardiner p. 362 |
| 1962 | Elonichthys Gardiner p. 16 |
| 2002 | Elonichthys Sepkoski |
| 2018 | Elonichthys Schindler |
| 2020 | Elonichthys Bakaev et al. p. 309 |
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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. †Elonichthys Giebel 1848
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†Elonichthys addamsi Broom 1913
†Elonichthys armatus Woodward 1908
†Elonichthys binneyi Traquair 1888
†Elonichthys brownii Jackson 1851
†Elonichthys contortus Esin 1995
†Elonichthys davidi Woodward 1940
†Elonichthys denticulatus Traquair 1906
†Elonichthys disjunctus Eastman 1903
†Elonichthys egertoni Egerton 1850
†Elonichthys elegans Emmons 1860
†Elonichthys ellsi Lambe 1909
†Elonichthys fritschi Friedrich 1878
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Invalid names: Amblypterus elongatus Langenhan 1905 [synonym], Amblypterus gracilis Langenhan 1905 [synonym], Amblypterus regelii Langenhan 1905 [synonym], Pygopterus antiquus Langenhan 1905 [synonym]
†Elonichthys germari Giebel 1848
†Elonichthys gondwanus Richter et al. 1985
†Elonichthys hypsilepis Hay 1900
†Elonichthys insolitus Yankevich and Minikh 1998
†Elonichthys krejcii Fritsch 1895
†Elonichthys macropercularis Beltan 1977
†Elonichthys multistriatus Traquair 1881
†Elonichthys natalis Yankevich and Minikh 1998
†Elonichthys oblongus Traquair 1877
†Elonichthys ortholepis Traquair 1884
†Elonichthys peltigerus Newberry 1856
†Elonichthys perpennatus Eastman 1902
†Elonichthys portlocki Egerton 1850
†Elonichthys pulcherrimus Traquair 1881
†Elonichthys punctatus Aldinger 1937
†Elonichthys remotus Schultze and Bardack 1987
†Elonichthys robisoni Hibbert 1835
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Invalid names: Amblypterus nemopterus Agassiz 1835 [synonym], Elonichthys bucklandi Agassiz 1835 [synonym], Elonichthys dunsii Traquair 1880 [synonym], Elonichthys intermedius Traquair 1877 [synonym], Elonichthys ovatus Traquair 1877 [synonym], Elonichthys striolatus Agassiz 1835 [synonym], Elonichthys tenuiserratus Traquair 1880 [synonym]
†Elonichthys semilineatus Woodward 1908
†Elonichthys semistriatus Traquair 1877
†Elonichthys serratus Traquair 1881
†Elonichthys striatulus Traquair 1904
†Elonichthys sweeti Woodward 1906
†Elonichthys whaitsi Broom 1913
†Elonichthys wolffi Schultze and Bardack 1987
Invalid names: Elonichthys caudalis Traquair 1877 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available