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Rhynchoconger
Taxonomy
Rhynchoconger was named by Jordan and Hobbs (1925) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant. Its type is Leptocephalus ectenurus.
It was assigned to Anguilliformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Congridae by Schwarzhans (1985), Nolf and Dockery (1993), Stringer (1998), Girone et al. (2006), Schwarzhans (2007), Schwarzhans et al. (2017), Schwarzhans et al. (2017), Schwarzhans (2019), Ebersole et al. (2019), Schwarzhans and Nielsen (2021), Robinson et al. (2024), Lin and O’Dea (2025).
It was assigned to Anguilliformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Congridae by Schwarzhans (1985), Nolf and Dockery (1993), Stringer (1998), Girone et al. (2006), Schwarzhans (2007), Schwarzhans et al. (2017), Schwarzhans et al. (2017), Schwarzhans (2019), Ebersole et al. (2019), Schwarzhans and Nielsen (2021), Robinson et al. (2024), Lin and O’Dea (2025).
Species
Hildebrandia flava, Hildebrandia gracilior, Hildebrandia pantanellii, R. aftonensis, R. casieri, R. chiloensis, R. donzacquensis, R. ectenurus, R. ellipticus, R. eocenicus, R. flavus, R. otaianus, R. otapiriensis, R. pantanelli, R. pantanellii, R. placidus, R. regularis, R. sanctus, R. subtilis, R. transversus, R. weileri
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1925 | Rhynchoconger Jordan and Hobbs p. 196 |
| 1927 | Hildebrandia Jordan and Evermann p. 502 |
| 1983 | Hildebrandia Nolf and Steurbaut p. 149 |
| 1984 | Hildebrandia Steurbaut p. 36 |
| 1985 | Rhynchoconger Schwarzhans p. 15 |
| 1993 | Rhynchoconger Nolf and Dockery p. 27 |
| 1998 | Rhynchoconger Stringer p. 150 |
| 2002 | Hildebrandia Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Rhynchoconger Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Rhynchoconger Girone et al. p. 655 |
| 2007 | Rhynchoconger Schwarzhans p. 305 |
| 2017 | Rhynchoconger Schwarzhans et al. p. 439 |
| 2017 | Rhynchoconger Schwarzhans et al. p. 7 |
| 2019 | Rhynchoconger Ebersole et al. p. 192 |
| 2019 | Rhynchoconger Schwarzhans p. 31 |
| 2021 | Rhynchoconger Schwarzhans and Nielsen p. 10 |
| 2024 | Rhynchoconger Robinson et al. p. 571 |
| 2025 | Rhynchoconger Lin and O’Dea |
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G. Rhynchoconger Jordan and Hobbs 1925
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†Rhynchoconger aftonensis Stinton 1975
†Rhynchoconger casieri Bauza Rullan 1955
†Rhynchoconger chiloensis Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021
†Rhynchoconger donzacquensis Nolf 1988
Rhynchoconger ectenurus Jordan and Richardson 1909
†Rhynchoconger ellipticus Weiler 1958
†Rhynchoconger eocenicus Shepherd 1916
Rhynchoconger flavus Goode and Bean 1896
†Rhynchoconger otaianus Schwarzhans 2019
†Rhynchoconger otapiriensis Frost 1934
Rhynchoconger pantanelli Bassoli 1906
Rhynchoconger pantanellii Bassoli and Schubert 1906
†Rhynchoconger placidus Schwarzhans et al. 2017
†Rhynchoconger regularis Stinton 1957
†Rhynchoconger sanctus Frizzell and Lamber 1962
†Rhynchoconger subtilis Schwarzhans et al. 2017
†Rhynchoconger transversus Sulc 1932
†Rhynchoconger weileri Jonet 1973
Invalid names: Hildebrandia Jordan and Evermann 1927 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available