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Lepidotes gigas

Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes

Taxonomy
Lepidotes gigas was named by Agassiz (1832). It is the type species of Lepidotes.

It was recombined as Lepidotus gigas by Agassiz (1833), Agassiz (1834) and Agassiz (1837); it was synonymized objectively with Lepidotus elvensis by Woodward (1916); it was synonymized objectively with Lepidotes elvensis by Wenz (1967).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Lepidotes gigas Agassiz p. 145
1833Lepidotus gigas Agassiz p. 8
1834Lepidotus gigas Agassiz figs. Pl 28, figs 1-4; pl 29, fig 1
1837Lepidotus gigas Agassiz p. 235
2012Lepidotes gigas López-Arbarello p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
Ginglymodi(Cope 1871)
orderLepisosteiformesHay 1929
genusLepidotes
speciesgigas

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.

Lepidotes gigas Agassiz 1832
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:27:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:32:18
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available