Anguilla Schrank 1798 (eel)

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Anguillidae

Parent taxon: Anguillidae according to J. Gaudant et al. 2018

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Stinton and Nolf 1970

Sister taxon: Eoanguilla

Subtaxa: Anguilla brevicula Anguilla latispina Anguilla multiradiata Anguilla pachyura Anguilla rectangularis Anguilla ventralis

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: Quebec collection), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Virginia)

• Miocene of Italy (1)

• Oligocene of France (1)

• Eocene of Belgium (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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