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Anguilloidei

Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes

Taxonomy
Anguilloidei was named as a suborder. It is extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Anguilloidei by Jordan (1963).

It was assigned to Enchelycephali by Jordan (1963); and to Anguilliformes by Frizzell and Dante (1965), Nolf and Dockery (1990), Constantin (1999), Schwarzhans (2003), Nelson et al. (2016), van der Laan (2019), Schwarzhans and Nielsen (2021).

Subtaxa
Heterenchelyidae
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2008-09-17; modified by M. Uhen on 2017-06-09

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Anguilloidei Jordan p. 630
1965Anguilloidei Frizzell and Dante p. 698
1990Anguilloidei Nolf and Dockery III p. 5
1999Anguilloidei Constantin
2003Anguilloidei Schwarzhans p. 29
2016Anguilloidei Nelson et al. p. 150
2019Anguilloidei van der Laan p. 62
2021Anguilloidei Schwarzhans and Nielsen p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopomorpha()
orderAnguilliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
suborderAnguilloidei
suborderAnguilloidei

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. Heterenchelys Regan 1912
G. Panturichthys Pellegrin 1913
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†Panturichthys grenfelli Schwarzhans 2019
G. Pythonichthys Poey 1868
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†Pythonichthys panulus Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:49:55
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:49:55
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Pliocene or 72.20000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Anguilloidei indet. (127085)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Pythonichthys colei (237116) Pythonichthys sp. (209370)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Heterenchelys richardsi (188957)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Virginia) Pythonichthys colei (237135)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Pythonichthys colei (237117 237139)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Pythonichthys colei (237131 237143)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Pythonichthys colei (237132)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Pythonichthys colei (237133)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Pythonichthys colei (237115) Pythonichthys sp. (75638)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Venezuela (Paraguana) Pythonichthys sp. (118106)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (South Island) Panturichthys grenfelli (219586)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (North Island) Panturichthys grenfelli (219517)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Chile Pythonichthys panulus (241734)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (North Shore) Pythonichthys sp. (219524)
Lillburnian - Waiauan15.1 - 11.04New Zealand (Kaipara District) Heterenchelys crassus (222572)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Jamaica Pythonichthys sp. (186673)