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Anchichanna

Osteichthyes - Anabantiformes - Channidae

Taxonomy

Species
A. kuldanensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Anchichanna Murray and Thewissen p. 47 figs. FIgs. 10, 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
Anabantaria
orderAnabantiformes
suborderChannoidei(Berg 1940)
familyChannidaeBerg 1940
genusAnchichanna

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
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. M. Murray and J. G. M. Thewissen 2008Differs 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
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan (Punjab) A. kuldanensis (45586)