Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Synonym: Hildebrandia Jordan and Evermann 1927
Parent taxon: Congridae according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Ebersole et al. 2019, Girone et al. 2006, Nolf and Dockery 1993, Nolf and Steurbaut 1983, Schwarzhans 1985, Schwarzhans 2007, Schwarzhans et al. 2017, Schwarzhans et al. 2017, Sepkoski 2002, Steurbaut 1984 and Stringer 1998
Sister taxa: Ariosoma, Ariosominae, Astroconger, Bassanago, Bathycongrus, Bathymyrinae, Blachea, Bolcyrus, Conger, Congridarum, Congrinae, Gnathophis, Gorgasia, Heteroconger, Heterocongrinae, Maxwelliella, Mystriophis, Notoconger, Paraconger, Paracongroides, Promyllantor, Pseudophichthys, Pseudoxenomystax, Rhechias, Scalanago, Tonganago, 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 otaianus Rhynchoconger otapiriensis Rhynchoconger pantanelli Rhynchoconger pantanellii Rhynchoconger placidus Rhynchoconger regularis Rhynchoconger sanctus Rhynchoconger subtilis Rhynchoconger transversus Rhynchoconger weileri
Type: Leptocephalus ectenurus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), New Zealand (1), United States (1: Louisiana)
• Pliocene of Greece (1), Italy (2)
• Miocene of Australia (4), the Czech Republic (3), France (3), Greece (1), Italy (2), New Zealand (4), Panama (3), Slovakia (1), Venezuela (1)
• Neogene of Indonesia (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), Hungary (3), Japan (1), New Zealand (6), United States (3: Alabama, Mississippi)
• Eocene of France (4), Germany (1), New Zealand (12), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Louisiana)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 66 collections including 67 occurrences
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