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Megapleuron zangerli

Taxonomy
Megapleuron zangerli was named by Schultze (1977) [Large E- and B-bone, C-bones smaller. Rostralabrostral length of E to the length of B between 4:5 and 3:4, rostralabrostral length of C to the length of B 2: 3.]. Its type specimen is FMNH R 5323, a skeleton (a small, nearly complete fish preserved in counterpart), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Megapleuron zangerli-type locality, which is in a Pennsylvanian interdistributary bay horizon in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Megapleuron zangerli Schultze figs. 3-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
—DipnomorphaAhlberg 1991
—Dipnoi(Müller 1884)
genusMegapleuronGaudry 1881
specieszangerli

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.

†Megapleuron zangerli Schultze 1977
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Diagnosis
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