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Pycnodus minutus

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Taxonomy
Pycnodus minutus was named by Münster (1846). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Lindner Berges, which is in an Oxfordian marine horizon in the Korallenkalk Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Pycnodus minutus Münster p. 41 figs. Pl. 3:7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderPycnodontiformesBerg 1937
suborderPycnodontoidei
familyPycnodontidae()
genusPycnodus
speciesminutus

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.

†Pycnodus minutus Münster 1846
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available