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Conger

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae

Taxonomy
Conger was named by Schaeffer (1760) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Congrinae by Steurbaut (1984); to Anguilliformes by Thurmond and Jones (1981) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Congridae by Casier (1966), Steurbaut (1982), Gaemers (1984), Purdy et al. (2001), Schwarzhans (2003), Girone et al. (2006) and Schwarzhans (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1760Conger Schaeffer
1966Conger Casier p. 424
1981Conger Thurmond and Jones p. 95
1982Conger Steurbaut p. 37
1984Conger Gaemers p. 25
1984Conger Steurbaut p. 34
2001Conger Purdy et al. p. 162
2002Conger Sepkoski
2003Conger Schwarzhans p. 30
2006Conger Girone et al. p. 655
2019Conger Schwarzhans p. 28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Elopocephalai
Elopocephala
Elopomorpha()
orderAnguilliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
familyCongridaeKaup 1856
genusCongerSchaeffer 1760

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. Conger Schaeffer 1760
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Conger acutus Stinton 1957
Conger davidsmithi Schwarzhans 2019
Conger dissimilis Frizzell and Lamber 1962
Conger fornicatus Frizzell and Lamber 1962
Conger glaber Brzobohaty 1967
Conger illaesus Schwarzhans 2003
Conger oceanicus Mitchill 1818
Conger tokoroa Schwarzhans 2019
Conger vetustus Frizzell and Lamber 1962
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Selandian to the top of the Holocene or 61.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.2 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Denmark C. illaesus (159792 159793)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) C. fornicatus (84176)
Waipawan - Mangaorapan55.8 - 49.5New Zealand (South Island) C. davidsmithi (219497)
Mangaorapan - Heretaungan53.0 - 46.2New Zealand (South Island) C. davidsmithi (219500 219501)
Heretaungan49.5 - 46.2New Zealand (South Island) C. davidsmithi (219498)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (41888 41989) C. sp., C. extensus (41998) C. sp., C. productus (41992 41994 41996)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France C. eocaenicus (188957 188958 188961 188962) C. eocenicus (188960)
Bortonian43.0 - 37.2New Zealand (South Island) C. davidsmithi (219322 219503 219504)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) C. dissimilis (3534)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) C. dissimilis (32925) C. sp. (75638)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) C. vetustus (84177)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Belgium C. glaber (188930)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France C. sp. (152695 219194)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Paraguana) C. sp. (118106)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France C. sp. (219196)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (North Shore) C. tokoroa (219524 219525 219526)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France C. sp. (219197)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy C. sp. (210256)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) C. oceanicus (52582)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Italy C. sp. (57058)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) C. sp. (161932)