Pattersonellidae is an

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of primitive

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. It is tentatively classified under the

suborder Order () is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and recognized ...

Argentinoidei of the order

Argentiniformes The Argentiniformes is an order of marine ray-finned fish whose distinctness was recognized only fairly recently. In former times, they were included in the Osmeriformes (typical smelt and allies) as suborder Argentinoidei. That term refers onl ...

(marine

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and allies). The family was established by

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in 1982 when he reclassified ''Leptolepis formosus'' (originally described by

Ramsay Heatley Traquair Ramsay Heatley Traquair FRSE FRS (30 July 1840 – 22 November 1912) was a Scottish naturalist and palaeontologist who became a leading expert on fossil fish. Traquair trained as a medical doctor, but his thesis was on aspects of fish anatomy ...

) to '' Pattersonella formosa''.

Taxonomy

* Genus ''

Parawenzichthys ''Parawenzichthys'' is an extinct genus of protacanthopterygian fish containing the single species ''Parawenzichthys minor'', known from the Turonian age Atlântida Formation in the Pelotas Basin The Pelotas Basin (, ) is a mostly offshore se ...

'' de Figueiredo, Gallo & Delarmelina 2012 ** Species '' Parawenzichthys minor'' de Figueiredo, Gallo & Delarmelina 2012 * Genus '' Pattersonella'' Taverne 1982 ** Species '' Pattersonella formosa'' (Traquair 1911) Taverne 1982 'Leptolepis formosus'' Traquair 1911* Genus '' Wenzichthys'' Taverne 1976 'Wenzia'' Taverne 1976 non Pfeffer 1929 non Clement 2005** Species '' Wenzichthys congolensis'' (Arambourg & Schneegans 1935) Taverne 1976 'Leptolepis congolensis'' Arambourg & Schneegans 1935; ''Wenzia congolensis'' (Arambourg & Schneegans 1935)

References

Argentiniformes

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