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Gnathophis
Taxonomy
Gnathophis was named by Kaup (1860) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Congrinae by Steurbaut (1984); to Anguilliformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Congridae by Schwarzhans (1978), Steurbaut (1979), Schwarzhans (1980), Schwarzhans (1985), Stringer (1998), Schwarzhans et al. (2017), Schwarzhans (2019), Ebersole et al. (2019), Schwarzhans and Nielsen (2021).
It was assigned to Congrinae by Steurbaut (1984); to Anguilliformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Congridae by Schwarzhans (1978), Steurbaut (1979), Schwarzhans (1980), Schwarzhans (1985), Stringer (1998), Schwarzhans et al. (2017), Schwarzhans (2019), Ebersole et al. (2019), Schwarzhans and Nielsen (2021).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1860 | Gnathophis Kaup p. 7 |
| 1978 | Gnathophis Schwarzhans p. 17 |
| 1979 | Gnathophis Steurbaut p. 54 |
| 1980 | Gnathophis Schwarzhans p. 21 |
| 1984 | Gnathophis Steurbaut p. 36 |
| 1985 | Gnathophis Schwarzhans p. 14 |
| 1998 | Gnathophis Stringer p. 150 |
| 2002 | Gnathophis Sepkoski |
| 2017 | Gnathophis Schwarzhans et al. p. 438 |
| 2019 | Gnathophis Ebersole et al. p. 192 |
| 2019 | Gnathophis Schwarzhans p. 30 |
| 2021 | Gnathophis Schwarzhans and Nielsen p. 10 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Gnathophis Kaup 1860
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†Gnathophis araroa Schwarzhans 2019
†Gnathophis flemingi Schwarzhans 1980
Gnathophis habenatus Richardson 1848
†Gnathophis incognitus Castle 1963
†Gnathophis meridies Frizzell and Lamber 1962
†Gnathophis ornatus Frost 1928
†Gnathophis quinzioi Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021
†Gnathophis saubriguensis Steurbaut 1979
Gnathophis umbrellabius Whitley 1948
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available