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Lepidosireniformes 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 161038

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Order  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassSarcopterygii   
                      ClassDipnoi  – lungfishes  
                         OrderLepidosireniformes   
    Direct Children:  
                            Family Lepidosirenidae  – South American lungfishes 
                            Family Protopteridae  – African lungfishes 
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Lepidosireniformes   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
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  Reference for: Lepidosireniformes   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title: Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: PLoS ONE vol. 10, no. 6, e0130114   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1932-6203   
  Notes: Available online at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0130114#sec001 ; Full authorship: Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, T. Cavalier-Smith, M. D. Guiry, and P. M. Kirk   
  Reference for: Lepidosireniformes   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Van der Laan, Richard, William N. Eschmeyer, and Ronald Fricke  
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family-group names of Recent fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, Monograph 3882   
  Page(s): 1-230   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
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  Reference for: Lepidosireniformes   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Lepidosireniformes are retained by Van der Laan et al. (2014) but put under Ceratodontiformes by Nelson (2006).  
 

 

    

 
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