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Promegalops sheppeyensis

Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Megalopidae

Taxonomy
Promegalops sheppeyensis was named by Casier (1966). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Isle of Sheppey (BMNH collection), which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Promegalops.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Promegalops sheppeyensis Casier p. 127 figs. Plate 14, Fig. 16
1973Promegalops sheppeyensis Forey p. 80 figs. 41-43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopocephalai
—Elopocephala
—Elopomorpha()
orderElopiformesSauvage 1875
familyMegalopidaeJordan 1923
genusPromegalops
speciessheppeyensis

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.

†Promegalops sheppeyensis Casier 1966
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Diagnosis
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