Mylomyrus Woodward 1910 (eel)

Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Anguillavidae

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1910. On a Fossil Sole and a Fossil Eel from the Eocene of Egypt. Geological Magazine 7(9):402-405

Parent taxon: Anguillavidae according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anguillavus, Enchelion

Subtaxa: Mylomyrus frangens

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Type: Mylomyrus frangens

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tura or Tora limestone quarry (Eocene of Egypt)

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