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Anguillidae
Taxonomy
Anguillidae was named by Rafinesque (1810). It is extant.
It was assigned to Anguilloidei by Jordan (1963); to Anguilliformes by Betancur et al. (2013), Carnevale et al. (2014) and Bannikov (2014); and to Anguilloidei by Schwarzhans (2003) and Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Anguilloidei by Jordan (1963); to Anguilliformes by Betancur et al. (2013), Carnevale et al. (2014) and Bannikov (2014); and to Anguilloidei by Schwarzhans (2003) and Nelson et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1810 | Anguillidae Rafinesque |
| 1963 | Anguillidae Jordan p. 630 |
| 2003 | Anguillidae Schwarzhans p. 29 |
| 2013 | Anguillidae Betancur et al. |
| 2014 | Anguillidae Bannikov p. 25 |
| 2014 | Anguillidae Carnevale et al. p. 41 |
| 2016 | Anguillidae Nelson et al. p. 152 |
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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.
Fm. Anguillidae Rafinesque 1810
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G. Anguilla Schrank 1798
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†Anguilla brevicula Agassiz 1839
†Anguilla latispina Agassiz 1839
†Anguilla multiradiata Agassiz 1843
†Anguilla pachyura Agassiz 1843
†Anguilla rectangularis Stinton and Nolf 1970
†Anguilla ventralis Agassiz 1839
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ypresian | Italy | Eoanguilla leptoptera (94830) | |
| Lutetian | Belgium | Anguilla rectangularis (123069) | |
| Chattian | France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) | Anguilla multiradiata (113682) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Piedmont) | Anguilla sp. (113998) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Anguilla anguilla (34981) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Anguilla bostoniensis (103991) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Quebec) | Anguilla rostrata (224189) |