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Congridarum obrutus

Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Congridae

Taxonomy
Muraenesox obrutus was named by Stinton (1957). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Clifton Bank, which is in a Langhian marine marl in the Port Campbell Limestone Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Congridarum obrutus by Schwarzhans (1985).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Muraenesox obrutus Stinton p. 83
1985Congridarum obrutus Schwarzhans p. 18

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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
genusCongridarumKaup 1856
speciesobrutus()

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.

Congridarum obrutus Stinton 1957
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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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Langhian or 27.30000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Congridarum obrutus (174152)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Muraenesox obrutus (46165 176299)