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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | † Eurypholidae |
| Genus: | † Saurorhamphus Heckel, 1850 |
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