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Congridarum

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae

Taxonomy
Congridarum was named by Kaup (1856) [This is a form taxon name for otoliths of the family Congridae.]. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Apodes by Frost (1934); and to Congridae by Weiler (1959), Heinrich (1969) and Nolf and Bajpai (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Congridarum Kaup
1934Congridarum Frost p. 133
1959Congridarum Weiler p. 156
1969Congridarum Heinrich p. 22
1992Congridarum Nolf and Bajpai p. 197

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopocephalai
—Elopocephala
—Elopomorpha()
orderAnguilliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
familyCongridaeKaup 1856
genusCongridarumKaup 1856

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. †Congridarum Kaup 1856
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†Congridarum brevisulcus Schwarzhans 1980
†Congridarum carinatus Frost 1934
†Congridarum grantmackiei Grenfell 1984
†Congridarum obrutus Stinton 1957
†Congridarum occidentalis Weiler 1959
†Congridarum thevenini Priem 1906
†Congridarum websteri Frost 1933
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Kapitean or 61.60000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) C. sp. (87817)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Lower Saxony,) C. sp., C. thevenini (188954)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) C. fornicatus (209370)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Kachchh) C. diagonalis, C. sp. (202251)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Indonesia (Java) C. diagonalis, C. sp. (202252)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) C. obrutus (174152)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France C. sp. (152695)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) C. sp. (32012)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (South Island) Conger brevisulcus (219577 219578 219580 219582 219584) C. brevisulcus (219319)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Mexico (Veracruz) C. occidentalis (222553)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (North Island) Conger brevisulcus, Gnathophis carinatus (219522) Gnathophis carinatus (219517)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (South Island) Conger brevisulcus (219586 219588 219590)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (North Shore) Gnathophis carinatus (219523) Gnathophis carinatus, Rhynchoconger grantmackiei (219524 219525 219526)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Conger brevisulcus (219598) Conger brevisulcus, Rhynchoconger grantmackiei (219622)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (Southland) C. clifdenensis (85538)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (North Island) Gnathophis carinatus (219527)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Muraenesox obrutus (46165 176299)
Clifdenian15.9 - 13.65New Zealand (South Island) Rhynchoconger grantmackiei (219274 219623)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Germany C. sp. (223566)
Kapitean6.5 - 5.333New Zealand C. carinatus (162461)