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Urenchelyidae (disused)

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Urenchelyidae

Taxonomy
Urenchelyidae was named by Hay (1903) [authorship not certain]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Congroidei by Jordan (1963); and to Anguilliformes by Wiley and Stewart (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Urenchelyidae Hay
1963Urenchelyidae Jordan p. 630
1981Urenchelyidae Wiley and Stewart p. 44

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopocephalai
—Elopocephala
—Elopomorpha()
orderAnguilliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
familyUrenchelyidaeHay 1903
familyUrenchelyidaeHay 1903

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. †Urenchelyidae Hay 1903
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available