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Conger meridies ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)133611https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=133611
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Anguilliformes : Congridae : Conger : Conger meridies
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii
classActinopteri
subclassNeopterygii
-TeleosteomorphaArratia et al. 2004
-Teleostei
-Elopocephalai
-Elopocephala
-Elopomorpha
orderAnguilliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
familyCongridaeKaup 1856
genusCongerSchaeffer 1760
speciesConger meridiesFrizzell and Lamber 1962
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Conger meridiesspeciesbelongs to Congerstated with evidenceFrizzell and Lamber, 1962
Conger meridiesspeciesbelongs to Gnathophisstated without evidenceEbersole et al., 2019
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance55.8 - 48.6 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance55.8 - 48.6 Ma
Eocene
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Anguilliformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Anguilliformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. L. Frizzell and C. K. Lamber. 1962. Distinctive "congrid type" fish otoliths from the lower Tertiary of the Gulf Coast (Pisces: Anguilliformes). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 32(5):87-101

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1962Conger meridies Frizzell and Lamber p. 97 figs. Figures 2a-b, 11a-d
2019Gnathophis meridies Ebersole et al. p. 192

References

Frizzell D. L., Lamber C. K. (1962) Distinctive "congrid type" fish otoliths from the lower Tertiary of the Gulf Coast (Pisces: Anguilliformes), Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 32 5, 87-101
Ebersole J. A., Cicimurri D. J., et al (2019) Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths, European Journal of Taxonomy 585, 1-274 doi:10.5852/ejt.2019.585
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!
 
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