Uroconger Kaup 1856 (conger eel)

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae

Parent taxon: Congridae according to E. Casier 1966

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Stinton 1957

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

Subtaxa: Uroconger eocaenicus Uroconger rectus Uroconger validus

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)

• Miocene of New Zealand (1)

• Oligocene of Germany (1)

• Eocene of France (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Louisiana)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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