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Chirothrix
Taxonomy
Chirothrix was named by Zittel (1888) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant Sepkoski's reference number: 718
Sepkoski's age data: K Sant K Camp Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. Its type is Cheirothrix libanicus. It is the type genus of Cheirotricidae, Chirothricidae.
It was corrected as Cheirothrix by Dietze (2009), van der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Actinopterygii by Woodward (1901); to Myctophiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Cheirotricidae by Dietze (2009); and to Cheirothricidae by van der Laan (2019).
It was corrected as Cheirothrix by Dietze (2009), van der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Actinopterygii by Woodward (1901); to Myctophiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Cheirotricidae by Dietze (2009); and to Cheirothricidae by van der Laan (2019).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1868 | Megapus Schlüter p. 273 |
| 1888 | Chirothrix Zittel p. 51 |
| 1894 | Megistopus Landois p. 228 |
| 1901 | Chirothrix Woodward p. 280 |
| 2002 | Chirothrix Sepkoski |
| 2009 | Cheirothrix Dietze p. 561 |
| 2019 | Cheirothrix van der Laan p. 69 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available