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Ganoessus meiklejohni

Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei

Taxonomy
Lembicus meiklejohni was named by Jordan (1925). Its type specimen is SU 691, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Featherstone Quarry, Covina, which is in a Miocene marine claystone in the Puente Formation of California.

It was recombined as Ganoessus meiklejohni by David (1943) and Fierstine et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Lembicus meiklejohni Jordan p. 42 figs. Plate 11-b
1943Ganoessus meiklejohni David p. 95
2012Ganoessus meiklejohni Fierstine et al. p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
speciesmeiklejohni()

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.

Ganoessus meiklejohni Jordan 1925
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Diagnosis
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