Echelus Rafinesque 1810 (eel)

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Ophichthidae

Parent taxon: Ophichthidae according to W. Schwarzhans 2007

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Steurbaut 1984

Sister taxa: Goslinophis, Myrophinae, Ophichthinae, Ophichthus

Subtaxa: Echelus myrus

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (2 collections)

• Eocene of France (1), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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