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Chiloconger aflorens

Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Congridae

Taxonomy
Chiloconger aflorens was named by Lin and O’Dea (2025). Its type specimen is ASIZF 0100943, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Chiloconger aflorens Lin and O’Dea figs. Figs. 3A–3B

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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
genusChilocongerMeyers and Wade 1941
speciesaflorens

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 aflorens Lin and O’Dea 2025
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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: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Chiloconger aflorens (172931)