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Anchichanna
Taxonomy
Anchichanna was named by Murray and Thewissen (2008). Its type is Anchichanna kuldanensis.
It was assigned to Channidae by Murray and Thewissen (2008).
It was assigned to Channidae by Murray and Thewissen (2008).
Species
A. kuldanensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2008 | Anchichanna Murray and Thewissen p. 47 figs. FIgs. 10, 11 |
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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. †Anchichanna Murray and Thewissen 2008
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†Anchichanna kuldanensis Murray and Thewissen 2008
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. M. Murray and J. G. M. Thewissen 2008 | Differs from Parachanna by lacking a frontal- pterotic contact, and the sphenotic radiating in two ridges, not three. Differs from Channa by having no raised area, with or without teeth, on the posterior part of the ventral surface of the parasphenoid. |
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||