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Fajumia schweinfurthi

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Bagridae

Taxonomy
Fajumia schweinfurthi was named by Andrews (1904). Its type specimen is CGM 10197, a skull, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. menoni, F. misrai

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Fajumia schweinfurthi Andrews p. 3 figs. Plate I, Fig. 1, 2
1906Fajumia schweinfurthi Andrews p. 313

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otocephala
superorderOstariophysiJordan and Evermann 1896
—Otophysi
—Siluriphysi
orderSiluriformes
suborderSiluroidei
familyBagridaeBleeker 1852
genusFajumiaStromer 1904
speciesschweinfurthiAndrews 1904

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.

†Fajumia schweinfurthi Andrews 1904
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:43:11
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:34:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available