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Heterobranchus

Osteichthyes - Siluriformes - Clariidae

Taxonomy
Heterobranchus was named by Hilaire (1827).

It was assigned to Siluridae by Woodward (1901); and to Clariidae by Peters (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Heterobranchus Hilaire
1901Heterobranchus Woodward p. 325
1990Heterobranchus Peters

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Otomorpha
superorderOstariophysiJordan and Evermann 1896
Otophysa
orderSiluriformes
suborderSiluroidei
familyClariidaeBonaparte 1846
genusHeterobranchusHilaire 1827

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. †Heterobranchus Hilaire 1827
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:43:11
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:34:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.45000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Saudi Arabia H. sp. (47026 47074)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Türkiye H. sp. (56563)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Djibouti H. sp. (22485)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Djibouti H. sp. (22486)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Egypt H. sp. (21899 21905)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa H. sp. (22066)