Published October 2, 2013 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Monocerichthys Taverne & Capasso, 2013, gen. nov.

  • 1. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Department of Paleontology, Vautierstreet, 29, B- 1000 Brussels, Belgium. E-mail: & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 0 CF 81641 - 1 DD 1 - 4 CBD- 9735 - F 1 FE 7 EB 0 BCF 5
  • 2. Museo Universitario dell'Universitá " G. d'Annunzio " di Chieti-Pescara, Piazza Trento e Trieste 1, I- 66100 Chieti, Italy. E-mail: & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: C 79 C 14 CF-C 1 D 7 - 48 E 3 - 9 BA 9 - CAD 8 AA 0909 F 7

Description

Genus Monocerichthys gen. nov.

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Type-species

Monocerichthys scheuchzei gen. et sp. nov. (by monotypy)

Diagnosis

As for the species (monospecific genus).

Etymology

From the Greek monokerôs, unicorn, and ichthys, fish.

Notes

Published as part of Taverne, Louis & Capasso, Luigi, 2013, Gladiopycnodontidae, a new family of pycnodontiform fishes from the Late Cretaceous of Lebanon, with the description of three genera, pp. 1-30 in European Journal of Taxonomy 57 on page 11, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2013.57, http://zenodo.org/record/3822966

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Additional details

Identifiers

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Taverne & Capasso
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Pycnodontiformes
Family
Gladiopycnodontidae
Genus
Monocerichthys
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Monocerichthys Taverne & Capasso, 2013