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Rhechias

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae

Taxonomy
Rhechias was named by Jordan (1922) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 503]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Congrinae by Steurbaut (1984); to Anguilliformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Congridae by Stringer (1998) and Schwarzhans (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Rhechias Jordan p. 644
1984Rhechias Steurbaut p. 38
1998Rhechias Stringer p. 150
2002Rhechias Sepkoski
2003Rhechias Schwarzhans p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Elopocephalai
Elopocephala
Elopomorpha()
orderAnguilliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
familyCongridaeKaup 1856
genusRhechiasJordan 1922

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. Rhechias Jordan 1922
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Rhechias angulosus Schwarzhans 2003
Rhechias armiger Jordan 1922
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

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 (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Denmark R. angulosus (159792 159793 159794 159795)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France R. nagymarosyi (219194)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France R. nagymarosyi, R. sp. (219195)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France R. bullisi, R. nagymarosyi, R. sp. (219196)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama R. sp. (145519)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica R. tysanochila (186673)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) R. sp. (161932)