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Hypsocormus

Osteichthyes - Pachycormiformes - Pachycormidae

Taxonomy
Hypsocormus was named by Wagner (1863) [Sepkoski's age data: J Call J Tith-u Sepkoski's reference number: 452,915]. It is not extant. Its type is Hypsocormus insignis. It is the type genus of Hypsocorminae.

It was assigned to Pachycormiformes by Rayner (1948), Sepkoski (2002); to Pachycormidae by Woodward (1895), Friedman et al. (2010), Maxwell et al. (2020); and to Hypsocorminae by Cooper et al. (2022).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Hypsocormus Wagner
1895Hypsocormus Woodward p. 390
1948Hypsocormus Rayner p. 310 fig. 16
2002Hypsocormus Sepkoski
2010Hypsocormus Friedman et al. p. S35
2020Hypsocormus Maxwell et al. p. 438
2022Hypsocormus Cooper et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
AspidorhyncheiNelson et al. 2016
orderPachycormiformesBerg 1940
familyPachycormidaeWoodward 1895
subfamilyHypsocorminaeVetter 1881
genusHypsocormusWagner 1863

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. †Hypsocormus Wagner 1863
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Hypsocormus insignis Wagner 1860
Hypsocormus posterodorsalis Maxwell et al. 2020
Hypsocormus tenuirostris Woodward 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available