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Tonganago

Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Congridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Tonganago Schwarzhans et al. p. 440
2019Tonganago Schwarzhans p. 33
2024Tonganago Robinson et al. p. 570

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

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. †Tonganago Schwarzhans et al. 2017
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†Tonganago coplandi Schwarzhans et al. 2017
†Tonganago fastigatus Schwarzhans 1980
†Tonganago obliquum Stinton 1957
†Tonganago sagittisulcatus Schwarzhans 1980
†Tonganago wharenga Schwarzhans 2019
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 Mangaorapan to the top of the Clifdenian or 52.00000 to 15.10000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Waipawan - Mangaorapan56.0 - 48.9New Zealand (South Island) T. wharenga (219497)
Mangaorapan52.0 - 48.9New Zealand (South Island) T. wharenga (219499)
Mangaorapan - Heretaungan52.0 - 45.7New Zealand (South Island) T. fastigatus, T. wharenga (219500 219501)
Heretaungan48.9 - 45.7New Zealand (South Island) T. fastigatus, T. wharenga (219498)
Porangan45.7 - 42.6New Zealand (South Island) T. fastigatus, T. wharenga (219502)
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand (South Island) Scalanago fastigatus (205332) Scalanago fastigatus, T. wharenga (219322) T. fastigatus, T. wharenga (219503)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) T. coplandi (219616) T. sagitticulcatus (219569) T. sagitticulcatus, T. coplandi (219615)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (South Island) Congridarum sagittisulcatus (219336) T. sagitticulcatus (219579)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) T. coplandi (219318 219592 219593 219598 219601 219607 219622 219744)
Clifdenian15.9 - 15.1New Zealand (South Island) Mystriophis obliquum, T. obliquus (219274)
Clifdenian15.9 - 15.1New Zealand (Buller District) Mystriophis obliquum (222563)