Taxon Profile: Aspidorhynchus antarcticus

Taxonomy details

Context

Taxon Id
118089
Authority
Unknown or not entered.
Naming Status
Currently accepted name
Status
Fossil
Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
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Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.

Hierarchy

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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Osteichthyes
Order
Pachycormiformes
Family
Aspidorhynchidae
Genus
Aspidorhynchus
Taxon

Profile

Source of taxon data
IRMNG
Latest Taxonomic scrutiny
Dave Watts on 20-Apr-2009
Reference Site/Paper in which the taxon name was checked
Richter, M., and Thomson, M.R.A. (1989) First Aspidorhynchidae (Pisces: Teleostei) from Antarctica. Antarctic Science 1 57-64. Source is Original

Species Profile:

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Type Locality
The actual location of the first recorded specimen 		Tumbledown Cliffs, James Ross Island

Reference: - Richter, M., and Thomson, M.R.A. (1989) First Aspidorhynchidae (Pisces: Teleostei) from Antarctica. Antarctic Science 1 57-64. Source is Original