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Mordaciidae

Agnatha - Petromyzontiformes - Mordaciidae

Taxonomy
Mordaciidae was named by Gill (1893). It is extant.

It was assigned to Petromyzontiformes by Nelson et al. (2016) and Van Der Laan (2019).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Mordaciidae Gill
2016Mordaciidae Nelson et al. p. 26
2019Mordaciidae Van Der Laan p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
classAgnathaCope 1889
HyperoartiaMüller 1844
orderPetromyzontiformesBerg 1940
familyMordaciidaeGill 1893
familyMordaciidaeGill 1893

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. Mordaciidae Gill 1893
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G. Mordacia Gray 1851
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2009-12-09 04:57:12
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:08:06
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available