Anguillavus
Anguillavus Temporal range: Upper Cenomanian[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Infraclass: | Teleostei |
Superorder: | Cyclosquamata (disputed) |
Order: | Aulopiformes |
Superfamily: | Cimolichthyoidea |
Family: | Dercetidae[2] |
Genus: | Anguillavus |
Type species | |
Anguillavus quadripinnis Hay, 1903 | |
Species | |
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Anguillavus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony 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]
See also
References
- 1 2 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. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- 1 2 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.
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