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Conger
| Description | Conger (KONG-gər) is a genus of marine congrid eels. It includes some of the largest types of eels, ranging up to 6 m (20 ft) in length, in the case of the European conger. Large congers have often been observed by divers during the day in parts of the Mediterranean Sea, and both European and American congers are sometimes caught by fishermen along the European and North American coasts. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conger, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Anguilliformes : Congridae : Conger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Anguilliformes : Congridae : Conger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Conger Oken, 1817 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Oken, L. in Oken, L. 1817. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (22%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 61.6 - 59.2 Ma Paleocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Anguilliformes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Anguilliformes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Kongeraal, クロアナゴ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conger |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Conger acutus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Conger cinereus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conger conger species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | European Conger | 5 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant |
| Conger dissimilis species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 41.3 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
| Conger erebennus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conger esculentus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conger fornicatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
| Conger illaesus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 61.6 Ma Paleocene | 61.6 Ma Paleocene | |
| Conger japonicus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conger macrocephalus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conger marginatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conger meridies ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 55.8 Ma Eocene | 55.8 Ma Eocene | |
| Conger myriaster species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conger oceanicus species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 5.33 Ma Miocene | |
| Conger oligoporus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conger orbignianus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conger philippinus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conger triporiceps species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conger verreauxi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conger vetustus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
| Conger wilsoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1760 | Conger Schaeffer |
| 1966 | Conger Casier p. 424 |
| 1981 | Conger Thurmond and Jones p. 95 |
| 1984 | Conger Gaemers p. 25 |
| 2001 | Conger Purdy et al. p. 162 |
| 2002 | Conger Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2003 | Conger Schwarzhans p. 30 |
| 2006 | Conger Girone et al. p. 655 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
