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Cheirothrix libanicus

Actinopteri - Cheirotricidae

Taxonomy
Cheirothrix libanicus was named by Pictet and Humbert (1866). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sahel Alma (Humbert collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon. It is the type species of Cheirothrix.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Cheirothrix libanicus Pictet and Humbert p. 52 figs. Pl 5, fig 1
1887Cheirothrix libanicus Davis p. 527 figs. Pl 26, figs 3,4
1901Cheirothrix libanicus Woodward p. 280 figs. text-fig. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
familyCheirotricidaeWoodward 1901
genusCheirothrix
specieslibanicus

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.

†Cheirothrix libanicus Pictet and Humbert 1866
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Diagnosis
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