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Tonganago coplandi

Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Congridae

Taxonomy
Tonganago coplandi was named by Schwarzhans et al. (2017). Its type specimen is OU22833, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cosy Dell Farm, which is in a Duntroonian estuary/bay horizon in the Chatton Formation of New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. obliquus, T. sagitticulcatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Tonganago coplandi Schwarzhans et al. p. 441
2019Tonganago coplandi Schwarzhans p. 95
2024Tonganago coplandi Robinson et al. p. 570

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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
genusTonganago
speciescoplandi

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.

†Tonganago coplandi Schwarzhans et al. 2017
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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 Duntroonian to the top of the Altonian or 27.30000 to 15.90000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) Tonganago coplandi (type locality: 219615 219616)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Tonganago coplandi (219318 219592 219593 219598 219601 219607 219622 219744)