†Muraenesox furcatus Schwarzhans 2007 (eel)
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Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Muraenesocidae
Full reference: W. Schwarzhans. 2007. The otoliths from the middle Eocene of Osteroden near Bramsche, north-western Germany. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 244(3):299-369
Belongs to Muraenesox according to W. Schwarzhans 2007
Sister taxon: Muraenesox cybium
Type specimen: Its type locality is Osteroden sand pit, which is in a Lutetian marine sandstone/conglomerate in Germany
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Osteroden sand pit
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