Voltaconger Blot 1978 (conger eel)

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae

Parent taxon: Congridae according to G. Carnevale et al. 2014

See also Bannikov 2014, Sepkoski 2002 and Weems 1999

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, Uroconger, Xenomystax

Subtaxa: Voltaconger latispinus

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Italy (1 collection), United States (1: Virginia)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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