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Parastenodus gillensis

Coregonidae

Taxonomy
Parastenodus gillensis was named by David (1946). Its type specimen is Richfield Oil 110, a dermal scale, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Seaboard Oil Corp.,Gill No. 1 (3935 ft and deeper assemblages), which is in an Eocene/Eocene marine shale in the Kreyenhagen Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Parastenodus gillensis David p. 55 figs. Plate 4, fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
familyCoregonidae
genusParastenodus
speciesgillensis

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.

†Parastenodus gillensis David 1946
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Diagnosis
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