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Styracopterus ottadinica

Eurynotiformes - Styracopteridae

Taxonomy
Fouldenia ottadinica was named by White (1927). Its type specimen is NHM P.13178, a partial skeleton (Imperfect fish), and it is a compression fossil.

It was recombined as Styracopterus ottadinica by Moy-Thomas (1937); it was synonymized subjectively with Holurus ischypterus by Gardiner (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Fouldenia ottadinica White pp. 259-264
1937Styracopterus ottadinica Moy-Thomas

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderEurynotiformes
familyStyracopteridaeMoy-Thomas 1937
genusStyracopterusTraquair 1890
speciesottadinica()

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.

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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988
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