Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Alternative spellings: Pseudophichthyes, Pseudophychthys
Parent taxon: Congridae according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019
See also Schwarzhans 1985, Schwarzhans 2007, Schwarzhans et al. 2017, Sepkoski 2002 and Steurbaut 1984
Sister taxa: Ariosominae, Astroconger, Bassanago, Bathycongrus, Bathymyrinae, Blachea, Bolcyrus, Chiloconger, Conger, Congridarum, Congrinae, Gnathophis, Gorgasia, Heteroconger, Heterocongrinae, Maxwelliella, Mystriophis, Notoconger, Paraconger, Paracongroides, Promyllantor, Pseudoxenomystax, Rhechias, Rhynchoconger, Scalanago, Tonganago, Uroconger, Voltaconger, Xenomystax
Subtaxa: Pseudophichthys acer Pseudophichthys elongatus Pseudophichthys texanus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (2 collections)
• Pliocene of Greece (1), Italy (1)
• Miocene of France (2), Greece (1)
• Oligocene of France (1), New Zealand (1), United States (1: Louisiana)
• Eocene of Australia (1), France (1), United States (12: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Virginia)
Total: 24 collections including 27 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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