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Discosternon federicae

Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae

Taxonomy
Discosternon federicae was named by Carnevale (2008). Its type specimen is MGPA GES001, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gessopalena, which is in a Serravallian marine carbonate in Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Discosternon federicae Carnevale p. 74 figs. 2-6

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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
—Stomiatii
orderStomiatiformes
suborderGonostomatoidei
familySternoptychidaeGill 1863
genusDiscosternon
speciesfedericae

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.

†Discosternon federicae Carnevale 2008
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Diagnosis
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