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Muraenanguilla lacinata

Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes

Taxonomy
Muraenanguilla lacinata was named by Schwarzhans (2019). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Otaio River Gorge, which is in a Waipawan/Mangaorapan marine sandstone in the Otaio Gorge Sandstone Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Muraenanguilla lacinata Schwarzhans p. 26
2024Muraenanguilla lacinata Robinson et al. p. 571

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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
genusMuraenanguilla
specieslacinata

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.

†Muraenanguilla lacinata Schwarzhans 2019
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Waipawan to the top of the Mangaorapan or 56.00000 to 48.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Waipawan - Mangaorapan56.0 - 48.9New Zealand (South Island) Muraenanguilla lacinata (type locality: 219497)