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Abisaadia hakelensis

Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes

Taxonomy
Anguilla hakelensis was named by Davis (1887). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Hakel (BMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal carbonate in Lebanon. It is the type species of Abisaadia.

It was recombined as Urenchelys hakelensis by Wiley and Stewart (1981); it was recombined as Abisaadia hakelensis by Belouze et al. (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Anguilla hakelensis Davis p. 626 figs. Pl 20, fig 3
1981Urenchelys hakelensis Wiley and Stewart p. 47
2003Abisaadia hakelensis Belouze et al. p. 367 figs. 17-22

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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
genusAbisaadia
specieshakelensis()

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.

Abisaadia hakelensis Davis 1887
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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: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Abisaadia hakelensis (69118 221065 221079) Anguilla hakelensis (type locality: 221158)