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Conger tokoroa

Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Congridae

Taxonomy
Conger tokoroa was named by Schwarzhans (2019). It is extant. Its type specimen is AU V460, an otolith. Its type locality is Parengarenga Harbour north shore, which is in an Altonian marine siltstone in New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. eocaenicus, C. extensus, C. myriaster, C. productus, C. eocaenicus, C. prolatus, C. websteri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Conger tokoroa Schwarzhans p. 89

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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
genusCongerSchaeffer 1760
speciestokoroa

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.

Conger tokoroa Schwarzhans 2019
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Altonian or 18.70000 to 15.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (North Shore) Conger tokoroa (219524 type locality: 219525 219526)