Rhechias angulosus Schwarzhans 2003 (conger eel)

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae

Full reference: W. Schwarzhans. 2003. Fish otoliths from the Paleocene of Denmark. Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 2:1-94

Belongs to Rhechias according to W. Schwarzhans 2003

Sister taxa: Rhechias armiger, Rhechias tysanochila

Type specimen: MGUH 26054, an otolith. Its type locality is Sample M2, Fakse Quarry, which is in a Danian basin reef bafflestone in Denmark.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Denmark (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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