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Chiloconger chilensis
Taxonomy
Chiloconger chilensis was named by Schwarzhans and Nielsen (2021). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is SGO.PV.1599, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Matanzas north (MAT), which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the Navidad Formation of Chile.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2021 | Chiloconger chilensis Schwarzhans and Nielsen p. 8 figs. Fig. 4b |
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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.
†Chiloconger chilensis Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| W. W. Schwarzhans and S. N. Nielsen 2021 | Compressed otoliths with distinct predorsal lobe. OL:OH = 1.3–1.45. Inner face distinctly convex, smooth. Sulcus short, its cauda slightly bent and its ostium with vertical ostial channel. OL:SuL = 1.55–1.7. Sulcus inclination angle 2–5°. No distinct dorsal depression; ventral furrow distinct, close to ventral rim of otolith. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | Chile | Chiloconger chilensis (type locality: 241732) |