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Archaeus

Actinopteri - Carangiformes - Carangidae

Taxonomy
Archaeus was named by Agassiz (1843) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than T Ol-l Sepkoski's reference number: 915].

It was assigned to Carangidae by Danil'chenko (1960) and Danil'chenko (1980); and to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Archaeus Agassiz figs. Pl 28
1960Archaeus Danil'chenko p. 119
1980Archaeus Danil'chenko p. 125
2002Archaeus Sepkoski

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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
—Carangimorpharia
—Carangimorphariae
orderCarangiformes
familyCarangidaeRafinesque 1815
genusArchaeus

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. †Archaeus Agassiz 1843
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†Archaeus brevis Agassiz 1843
†Archaeus glarisianus Agassiz 1843
†Archaeus oblongus Danil'chenko 1968
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available