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Chiloconger

Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Congridae

Taxonomy
Chiloconger was named by Meyers and Wade (1941).

It was assigned to Congridae by Schwarzhans and Nielsen (2021), Lin and O’Dea (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Chiloconger Meyers and Wade
2021Chiloconger Schwarzhans and Nielsen p. 8
2025Chiloconger Lin and O’Dea

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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
genusChilocongerMeyers and Wade 1941

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. †Chiloconger Meyers and Wade 1941
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†Chiloconger aflorens Lin and O’Dea 2025
†Chiloconger chilensis Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Messinian or 23.04000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile C. chilensis (241732)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama C. aflorens (172931)