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Thrissopterus

Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Arapaimidae

Taxonomy
Thrissopterus was named by Heckel (1856).

It was assigned to Arapaimidae by Carnevale et al. (2014) and Bannikov (2014).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Thrissopterus Heckel
2014Thrissopterus Bannikov p. 25
2014Thrissopterus Carnevale et al. p. 41

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
Osteoglossocephala
superorderOsteoglossomorpha
orderOsteoglossiformesBerg 1940
familyArapaimidae
genusThrissopterusHeckel 1856

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. †Thrissopterus Heckel 1856
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Thrissopterus catullii Heckel 1856
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available