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Acipenser ornatus  Leidy, 1873
Taxonomic Serial No.: 550552

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassChondrostei  – paddlefishes, sturgeons  
                         OrderAcipenseriformes  – sturgeons, spoonfishes, paddlefishes  
                            SuborderAcipenseroidei   
                               FamilyAcipenseridae  – sturgeons, esturgeons, esturiones  
                                  SubfamilyAcipenserinae   
                                     GenusAcipenser Linnaeus, 1758 – sturgeons, greater sturgeons  
                                        SpeciesAcipenser ornatus Leidy, 1873  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Bemis, William E., Eric K. Findeis, and Lance Grande  
  Publication Date: 1997   
  Article/Chapter Title: An overview of Acipensiformes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Environmental Biology of Fishes, vol. 48   
  Page(s): 25-71   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0378-1909   
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Fossil taxon  
 

 

    

 
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