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Eptatretinae

Myxini - Myxiniformes - Myxinidae

Taxonomy
Eptatretidae was named as a family. It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Eptatretinae by Nelson et al. (2016).

It was assigned to Hyperotreta by Jordan (1963); and to Myxinidae by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Eptatretidae Jordan p. 582
2016Eptatretinae Nelson et al. p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassCyclostomataRichards
classMyxini()
orderMyxiniformes
familyMyxinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyEptatretinae
subfamilyEptatretinae

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.

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G. Eptatretus Cloquet 1819
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Invalid names: Bdellostoma Müller 1835 [synonym], Paramyxine Dean 1904 [synonym], Polistotrema Gill 1881 [synonym], Quadratus Thiergart and Frantz 1962 [synonym]
G. Heptatrema Duméril 1856
G. Hexabranchus Schultze 1835
G. Homea Fleming 1822
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Paleogene to the top of the Neogene or 66.00000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene - Neogene66.0 - 2.58India (Kashmir) Quadratus indicus (224603)