Muraena Linnaeus 1758 (eel)
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Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Muraenidae
Parent taxon: Muraenidae according to C. Arambourg 1927
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anarchias, Congeris, Echidna, Eomyrus, Gymnothorax, Muraeninae, Otolithus, Uropterygiinae
Subtaxa: Muraena conger Muraena saheliensis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Greece (5), Italy (3), Spain (1)
• Pliocene of Greece (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Italy (2)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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