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Protopsephurus liui

Acipenseriformes - Polyodontidae

Taxonomy
Protopsephurus liui was named by Lu (1994). Its type specimen is GMV 2032-1a,b, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Songzhangzi, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine horizon in the Yixian Formation of China. It is the type species of Protopsephurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Protopsephurus liui Lu pp. 135, 140-141 figs. 1, Pl. 1
2006Protopsephurus liui Grande and Hilton p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
Actinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderAcipenseriformesBerg 1940
familyPolyodontidaeBonaparte 1838
subfamilyProtopsephurinae
genusProtopsephurus
speciesliui

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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