Pattersonellidae
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| Pattersonellidae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Argentiniformes |
| Suborder: | Argentinoidei |
| Family: | †Pattersonellidae Taverne 1974 ex Taverne, 1982 |
| Type genus | |
| Pattersonella (Traquair, 1911) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pattersonellidae is an extinct family of primitive ray-finned fish. It is tentatively classified under the suborder Argentinoidei of the order Argentiniformes (marine smelts and allies).[1][2][3]
The family was established by Louis Taverne in 1982 when he reclassified Leptolepis formosus (originally described by Ramsay Heatley Traquair) to Pattersonella formosa.[4]
