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Babelichthys olneyi

Osteichthyes - Lampriformes - Lophotidae

Taxonomy
Babelichthys olneyi was named by Davesne (2017). Its type specimen is MNHN F.EIP11, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Town-of-Ilam, which is in an Eocene/Eocene marine horizon in the Pabdeh Formation of Iran. It is the type species of Babelichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Babelichthys olneyi Davesne

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—LampripterygiiBetancur-R et al. 2017
orderLampriformes
familyLophotidae
genusBabelichthys
speciesolneyi

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.

†Babelichthys olneyi Davesne 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available