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Lygisma tenax

Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei

Taxonomy
Lygisma tenax was named by Jordan and Gilbert (1919). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is El Modena, which is in a Miocene marine shale in the Monterey Formation of California.

It was synonymized subjectively with Bathylagus (Quaesita) angelensis by David (1943).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Lygisma tenax Jordan and Gilbert p. 33 figs. Plate VIII, Fig. 2
1920Lygisma tenax Jordan and Gilbert p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
—Clupei
orderClupeiformesBleeker 1859
familyClupeoidei(Bleeker 1859)
familyDussumieriidae
genusLygisma
speciestenax

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.

†Lygisma tenax Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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Diagnosis
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