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Encheliophis

Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Carapidae

Taxonomy
Encheliophis was named by Müller (1842).

It was assigned to Carapidae by Schwarzhans (2007) and Schwarzhans (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Encheliophis Müller
2007Encheliophis Schwarzhans p. 318
2019Encheliophis Schwarzhans p. 174

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Ophidiimorpharia
orderOphidiiformesBerg 1937
familyCarapidaeJordan and Fowler 1902
genusEncheliophisMüller 1842

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.

G. †Encheliophis Müller 1842
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†Encheliophis crassidorsalis Schwarzhans 2007
†Encheliophis strigosus Schwarzhans 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: parasiteo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:30:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:30:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Altonian or 47.80000 to 15.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Lower Saxony,) E. crassidorsalis (188954)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (South Island) E. strigosus (219590)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) E. strigosus (219318 219593 219598 219599 219744)