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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
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: base of the Lillburnian to the top of the Kapitean or 15.10000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lillburnian15.1 - 13.05New Zealand (North Island) Bathycongrus mysticus (219547)
Kapitean7.2 - 5.333New Zealand Congridarum mysticus (type locality: 162461)