Biology:Anguillavus
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Order: | Aulopiformes (disputed)
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| Superfamily: | Cimolichthyoidea
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| Genus: | Anguillavus
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| Anguillavus quadripinnis Hay, 1903
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Anguillavus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the upper Cenomanian[1] of Lebanon and the United States . It was originally described as a primitive eel that still had pelvic fins, unlike modern eels. In 1981, the holotype of A. hackberryensis, from Cenomanian-aged marine strata in Kansas , was reexamined, whereupon the genus was then redescribed as a genus of dercertid aulopiform fish.[2] However G. David Johnson (2011) cites several studies which refute it (Patterson 1993; Y. Lu 1994, A. Belouze 2002 and 2003).
The 2015 article 'Phylogenetic analysis of molecular and morphological data highlights uncertainty in the relationships of fossil and living species of Elopomorpha (Actinopterygii: Teleostei)' also lists Angullavis (take note of the different spelling) as a stem anguilliformes.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lucas, Spencer G., and Robert M. Sullivan, eds. Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from the Western Interior: Bulletin 35. Vol. 35. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 2006. [1]
Wikidata ☰ Q4764000 entry
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