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Ganoessus

Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei

Taxonomy
Ganoessus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ganolytidae by Jordan (1921) and Jordan (1925); to Clupeiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Clupeidae by David (1943) and Fierstine et al. (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Ganoessus Jordan p. 241
1925Ganoessus Jordan p. 8
1925Lembicus Jordan p. 42
1943Ganoessus David p. 94
2002Ganoessus Sepkoski
2012Ganoessus Fierstine et al. p. 19

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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)
familyClupeidaeCuvier 1817
genusGanoessus

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.

G. †Ganoessus
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Ganoessus clepsydra Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Ganoessus meiklejohni Jordan 1925
Ganoessus michaelis Jordan 1925
Invalid names: Lembicus Jordan 1925 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available