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Sebastodes (Rixator) porteousi

Actinopteri - Perciformes - Scorpaenidae

Taxonomy
Rixator porteousi was named by Jordan and Gilbert (1920). Its type specimen is Stanford University Paleontology Type Collection 300, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lompoc Quarry, which is in a Tortonian basinal (siliciclastic) diatomite in the Monterey Formation of California.

It was recombined as Sebastodes (Rixator) porteousi by David (1943); it was recombined as Sebastes porteousi by Fierstine et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Rixator porteousi Jordan and Gilbert p. 33 figs. Plates XXI, XXII, XXIII
1925Rixator porteousi Jordan p. 38
1943Sebastodes (Rixator) porteousi David p. 41
2012Sebastes porteousi Fierstine et al. p. 101

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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
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
RankNameAuthor
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Percomorpharia
orderPerciformesBleeker 1859
suborderScorpaenoideiGarman 1899
familyScorpaenidaeRisso 1827
genusSebastodes
subgenusRixator
speciesporteousi()

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.

Sebastodes (Rixator) porteousi Jordan and Gilbert 1920
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available