Polypterus faraou

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypteriformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Infraclassis: Cladistia Ordo: Polypteriformes

Familia: Polypteridae
Genus: Polypterus
Species: Polypterus faraou

Name

Polypterus faraou Otero et al., 2006

Type locality: Late Miocene, Toros-Menalla, Chad.

References

• Otero, O., Likius, A., Vignaud, P. & Brunet, M., 2006: A new polypterid fish: Polypterus faraou sp. nov. (Cladistia, Polypteridae) from the Late Miocene, Toros-Menalla, Chad. Zoological Journal of The Linnean Society, 146 (2): 227–237. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00201.x