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Paraconger

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae

Taxonomy
Paraconger was named by Kanazawa (1961) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Congrinae by Steurbaut (1984); to Anguilliformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Congridae by Stinton and Nolf (1970), Nolf (1972), Stringer (1998), Schwarzhans (2007) and Ebersole et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Paraconger Kanazawa p. 4
1970Paraconger Stinton and Nolf p. 221
1972Paraconger Nolf p. 139
1984Paraconger Steurbaut p. 37
1998Paraconger Stringer p. 150
2002Paraconger Sepkoski
2007Paraconger Schwarzhans p. 306
2019Paraconger Ebersole et al. p. 190

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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
genusParacongerKanazawa 1961

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. Paraconger Kanazawa 1961
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Paraconger guianensis Kanazawa 1961
Paraconger sauvagei Priem 1906
Paraconger sector Koken 1888
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 Lutetian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 47.80000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tertiary66.0 - 2.588USA (Mississippi) Otolithus sector (163732)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9France P. sauvagei (220174)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Lower Saxony,) P. sauvagei (188954)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Belgium P. sauvagei (123069)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) P. sauvagei (41992 41996)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Otolithus sector (42636 42644)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) P. yazooensis (3534)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) P. sp. (75638)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (Louisiana) P. sp. (44521)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Paraguana) P. guianensis (118106)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama P. sp. (145519)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy P. sp. (78437)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) P. californiensis (135043)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica P. sp. (186673)