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Bathycongrus mysticus

Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Congridae

Taxonomy
Otolithus (Congridarum) mysticus was named by Frost (1934). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ihungia Stream, which is in a Kapitean marine mudstone in New Zealand.

It was recombined as Congridarum mysticus by Schwarzhans (1980); it was recombined as Bathycongrus mysticus by Schwarzhans (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. nagymarosyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Otolithus (Congridarum) mysticus Frost p. 138 figs. FIg. 29
1980Congridarum mysticus Schwarzhans p. 33
2019Bathycongrus mysticus Schwarzhans p. 87

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopomorpha()
orderAnguilliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
familyCongridaeKaup 1856
genusBathycongrusOgilby 1898
speciesmysticus()

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.

†Bathycongrus mysticus Frost 1934
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Diagnosis
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