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Anguillavidae

Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Anguillavidae

Taxonomy
Anguillavidae was named by Hay (1903). Its type is Anguillavus.

It was assigned to Archencheli by Jordan (1963); and to Anguilliformes by van der Laan (2019).

Subtaxa
Anguillavus (type genus), Enchelion, Mylomyrus
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2017-06-08; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2025-08-13

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Anguillavidae Hay p. 436
1903Encheliidae Hay p. 441
1940Mylomyridae Berg p. 441
1963Anguillavidae Jordan p. 630
1963Encheliidae Jordan p. 630
2019Anguillavidae van der Laan p. 61

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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
familyAnguillavidae
familyAnguillavidae

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.

Fm. †Anguillavidae Hay 1903
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G. †Anguillavus Hay 1903
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†Anguillavus mazeni Belouze et al. 2003
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Invalid names: Anguillavus bathshebae Hay 1903 [synonym]
G. †Mylomyrus Woodward 1910
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†Mylomyrus frangens Woodward 1910
Invalid names: Encheliidae Hay 1903 [synonym], Mylomyridae Berg 1940 [synonym]
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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Middle Eocene or 100.50000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Anguillavus bathshebae, Enchelion montium (221230) Anguillavus quadripinnis (69118 221079) Anguillavus quadripinnis, Anguillavus bathshebae (221229) Anguillavus quadripinnis, Anguillavus mazeni (213132 221065)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Anguillavus quadripinnis (213197)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Egypt Mylomyrus frangens (190954)