Conger Schaeffer 1760 (conger eel)

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae

Parent taxon: Congridae according to W. Schwarzhans 2019

See also Casier 1966, Gaemers 1984, Girone et al. 2006, Purdy et al. 2001, Schwarzhans 2003, Sepkoski 2002, Steurbaut 1982, Steurbaut 1984 and Thurmond and Jones 1981

Sister taxa: Ariosoma, Ariosominae, Astroconger, Bassanago, Bathycongrus, Bathymyrinae, Blachea, Bolcyrus, Congridarum, Congrinae, Gnathophis, Gorgasia, Heteroconger, Heterocongrinae, Maxwelliella, Mystriophis, Notoconger, Paraconger, Paracongroides, Promyllantor, Pseudophichthys, Pseudoxenomystax, Rhechias, Rhynchoconger, Scalanago, Tonganago, Uroconger, Voltaconger, Xenomystax

Subtaxa: Conger acutus Conger davidsmithi Conger dissimilis Conger fornicatus Conger glaber Conger illaesus Conger oceanicus Conger tokoroa Conger vetustus

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: Louisiana collection)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)

• Pliocene of Italy (1), United States (1: North Carolina)

• Miocene of France (2), New Zealand (3), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene of Belgium (1), France (2)

• Eocene of France (5), New Zealand (7), the United Kingdom (6), United States (5: Louisiana, Mississippi)

• Paleocene of Denmark (2)

Total: 38 collections including 42 occurrences

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