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Thyrsion velox

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Euzaphlegidae

Taxonomy
Thyrsion velox was named by Jordan and Gilbert (1920). Its type specimen is Stanford University Paleontology Type Collection 153, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lompoc Quarry, which is in a Tortonian basinal (siliciclastic) diatomite in the Monterey Formation of California.

It was recombined as Thyrsocles velox by Jordan and Gilbert (1920).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Thyrsion velox Jordan and Gilbert p. 17 figs. Plates VIII, IX
1920Thyrsocles velox Jordan and Gilbert p. 17 figs. Plates VIII, IX
1925Thyrsion velox Jordan p. 21

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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
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Scombrimorpharia
orderScombriformes
suborderScombroideiBleeker 1859
familyEuzaphlegidaeDaniltshenko 1960
genusThyrsion
speciesvelox

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.

†Thyrsion velox Jordan and Gilbert 1920
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Diagnosis
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