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Extinct family of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pattersonellidae is an extinct family of primitive ray-finned fish. It is tentatively classified under the suborder Argentinoidei of the order Argentiniformes (marine smelts and allies).[1][2][3]
Pattersonellidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Argentiniformes |
Suborder: | Argentinoidei |
Family: | †Pattersonellidae Taverne 1974 ex Taverne, 1982 |
Type genus | |
Pattersonella (Traquair, 1911) | |
Synonyms | |
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The family was established by Louis Taverne in 1982 when he reclassified Leptolepis formosus (originally described by Ramsay Heatley Traquair) to Pattersonella formosa.[4]
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