Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Parent taxon: Congridae according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Ebersole et al. 2019, Schwarzhans 1978, Schwarzhans 1980, Schwarzhans 1985, Schwarzhans et al. 2017, Sepkoski 2002, Steurbaut 1979, Steurbaut 1984 and Stringer 1998
Sister taxa: Ariosoma, Ariosominae, Astroconger, Bassanago, Bathycongrus, Bathymyrinae, Blachea, Bolcyrus, Conger, Congridarum, Congrinae, Gorgasia, Heteroconger, Heterocongrinae, Maxwelliella, Mystriophis, Notoconger, Paraconger, Paracongroides, Promyllantor, Pseudophichthys, Pseudoxenomystax, Rhechias, Rhynchoconger, Scalanago, Tonganago, Uroconger, Voltaconger, Xenomystax
Subtaxa: Gnathophis araroa Gnathophis flemingi Gnathophis habenatus Gnathophis incognitus Gnathophis meridies Gnathophis ornatus Gnathophis saubriguensis Gnathophis umbrellabius
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Haweran of New Zealand (2 collections)
• Quaternary of Greece (2), New Zealand (5)
• Mangapanian of New Zealand (1)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), Greece (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), New Zealand (2)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Belgium (1), France (3), Italy (2), New Zealand (25)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Greece (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (3), United States (1: Louisiana)
• Eocene of New Zealand (5), United States (2: Louisiana, Mississippi)
Total: 63 collections including 67 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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