Family Heterenchelyidae (eel)
Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Heterenchelyidae
Parent taxon: Anguilloidei according to W. W. Schwarzhans and S. N. Nielsen 2021
See also Ebersole et al. 2019, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Heterenchelys Panturichthys Pythonichthys
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Jamaica (1 collection)
• Miocene of Chile (1), New Zealand (4), Venezuela (1)
• Eocene of France (1), United States (11: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Virginia)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence