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Anabantiformes
Taxonomy
Anabantiformes is an order. It is extant.
It was assigned to Anabantomorphariae by Betancur et al. (2013); to Ovalentaria by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Anabantaria by van der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Anabantomorphariae by Betancur et al. (2013); to Ovalentaria by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Anabantaria by van der Laan (2019).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2013 | Anabantiformes Betancur et al. |
| 2016 | Anabantiformes Nelson et al. p. 390 |
| 2019 | Anabantiformes van der Laan p. 76 |
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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.
Or. Anabantiformes
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Subor. Anabantoidei
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Invalid names: Anabantidae [empty], Helostomatidae [empty], Osphronemidae [empty]
Subor. Channoidei Berg 1940 [snakehead]
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Fm. Channidae Berg 1940 [snakehead]
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G. †Eochanna Roe 1991
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Langhian or 72.20000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Collections (16 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | India (Andhra Pradesh) | Pristolepididae indet. (153368) | |
| Lutetian | Pakistan (Punjab) | Anchichanna kuldanensis (45586) | |
| Lutetian | Pakistan (North-West Frontier) | Eochanna chorlakkiensis (28978) | |
| Burdigalian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Channa ellipitca (70359) Channa elliptica (69098) | |
| Langhian | Germany (Bavaria) | Channa elliptica (34615) Channa spp. (134954 135038) | |
| MN 5 | Germany (Bavaria) | Channa sp. (205187) | |
| MN 5 | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Channa elliptica (48325) | |
| MN 5 | Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) | Channidae indet. (175727) | |
| Middle Miocene | Nepal | Channa n. sp. (48680 48681 48696) | |
| Middle Miocene | Switzerland (Aargau) | Channa sp. (201976) Channa sp., Channa elliptica (201975) |