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Forfex hypuralis

Actinopteri - Beloniformes - Forficidae

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Forfex hypuralis Jordan and Gilbert p. 36 figs. Plate XIV, Fig. 3
2012Forfex hypuralis Fierstine et al. p. 87

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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
—Carangimorpharia
—Ovalentariae
superorderAtherinomorphae()
orderBeloniformes
familyForficidae
genusForfex
specieshypuralis

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.

†Forfex hypuralis Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available