Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Synonym: Hildebrandia Jordan and Evermann 1927
Parent taxon: Congridae according to A. Girone et al. 2006
See also Nolf and Dockery 1993, Nolf and Steurbaut 1983, Schwarzhans 2007, Schwarzhans et al. 2017, Sepkoski 2002 and Stringer 1998
Sister taxa: Ariosoma, Ariosominae, Bathycongrus, Bolcyrus, Conger, Congridarum, Gnathophis, Gorgasia, Heteroconger, Paraconger, Paracongroides, Pseudophichthys, Rhechias, Uroconger, Voltaconger, Xenomystax
Subtaxa: Hildebrandia flava Hildebrandia gracilior Hildebrandia pantanellii Rhynchoconger aftonensis Rhynchoconger casieri Rhynchoconger donzacquensis Rhynchoconger ectenurus Rhynchoconger ellipticus Rhynchoconger eocenicus Rhynchoconger flavus Rhynchoconger pantanelli Rhynchoconger pantanellii Rhynchoconger placidus Rhynchoconger sanctus Rhynchoconger subtilis Rhynchoconger transversus Rhynchoconger weileri
Type: Leptocephalus ectenurus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), New Zealand (1)
• Miocene of Italy (1), New Zealand (4), Panama (3), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of Hungary (3), Japan (1), United States (3: Alabama, Mississippi)
• Eocene of France (3), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Louisiana)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 26 collections including 27 occurrences
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