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Empetrichthys erdisi

Actinopteri - Cyprinodontiformes - Goodeidae

Taxonomy
Parafundulus erdisi was named by Jordan (1924). Its type specimen is Stanford University Paleontology Type Collection 605, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Liebre Creek, which is in a Pleistocene marine horizon in the Labontan beds Formation of California.

It was recombined as Empetrichthys erdisi by Fierstine et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Parafundulus erdisi Jordan p. 45 figs. Plate I
1925Parafundulus erdisi Jordan p. 43
2012Empetrichthys erdisi Fierstine et al. p. 89

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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
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
RankNameAuthor
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Carangimorpharia
—Ovalentariae
superorderAtherinomorphae()
orderCyprinodontiformesBertin 1958
familyGoodeidaeJordan and Gilbert 1883
genusEmpetrichthysGilbert 1893
specieserdisi()

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.

†Empetrichthys erdisi Jordan 1924
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Diagnosis
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