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Bannikovichthys paelignus

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Chiasmodontidae

Discussion

Specific name: paelignus, from Paeligni, ancient people of central Italy, whose territory included the type locality.

Taxonomy
Bannikovichthys paelignus was named by Carnevale (2007). Its type specimen is MSNTC PEL 053, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Torricella Peligna, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Italy. It is the type species of Bannikovichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Bannikovichthys paelignus Carnevale p. 33 figs. Pl. 6, fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Scombrimorpharia
orderScombriformes
familyChiasmodontidae
genusBannikovichthys
speciespaelignus

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.

†Bannikovichthys paelignus Carnevale 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available