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Heterenchelyidae

Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Heterenchelyidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Heterenchelyidae Jordan p. 633
2016Heterenchelyidae Nelson et al. p. 142
2019Heterenchelyidae Ebersole et al. p. 187
2021Heterenchelyidae Schwarzhans and Nielsen p. 7

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

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: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Pliocene or 48.07000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Virginia) Pythonichthys colei (237135)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Pythonichthys colei (237116) Pythonichthys sp. (209370)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Heterenchelys richardsi (188957)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Pythonichthys colei (237131 237143)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Pythonichthys colei (237132)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Pythonichthys colei (237117 237139)
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)