†Congeris (eel)
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Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Muraenidae
Parent taxon: Muraenidae according to M. Leriche 1942
Sister taxa: Anarchias, Echidna, Eomyrus, Gymnothorax, Muraena, Muraeninae, Otolithus, Uropterygiinae
Subtaxa: Congeris brevior Congeris wharekuriensis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1), United States (6: Alabama, Mississippi)
• Eocene of United States (3: Louisiana, Mississippi)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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