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Moringuidae

Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Moringuidae

Taxonomy
Moringuidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Congroidei by Jordan (1963); and to Moringuoidei by Nelson et al. (2016).

Entered
by M. Uhen on 2017-06-08

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Moringuidae Jordan p. 633
2016Moringuidae Nelson et al. p. 149

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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
suborderMoringuoidei
familyMoringuidae
familyMoringuidae

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.

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G. †Deutschenchelys Prokofiev 2012
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Deutschenchelys micklichi Prokofiev 2012
G. Moringua Gray 1831
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Moringua fissura Stinton and Nolf 1970
Moringua waimumuensis Schwarzhans et al. 2017
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:49:55
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:49:55
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Duntroonian or 48.07000 to 25.20000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Belgium Moringua sp. (123069)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Congridae indet. (68021)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) Moringua waimumuensis (219615)