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Champsodon grossheimi

Actinopteri - Champsodontidae

Taxonomy
Myersiscus grossheimi was named by Danil'chenko (1960). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sulak River near Miatly, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in the Maykop Formation of the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Pseudoscopelus grossheimi by Patterson (1993); it was recombined as Champsodon grossheimi by Bannikov (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Myersiscus grossheimi Danil'chenko
1980Myersiscus grossheimi Danil'chenko p. 140
1993Pseudoscopelus grossheimi Patterson
1998Champsodon grossheimi Bannikov p. 479

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Percomorpha
—OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
—Trachiniformes
familyChampsodontidae
genusChampsodonGünther 1867
speciesgrossheimi()

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.

†Champsodon grossheimi Danil'chenko 1960
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Diagnosis
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