†Pythonichthys panulus Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021 (eel)
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Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Heterenchelyidae
Full reference: W. W. Schwarzhans and S. N. Nielsen. 2021. Fish otoliths from the early Miocene of Chile: a window into the evolution of marine bony fishes in the Southeast Pacific. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 140(1):1-62
Belongs to Pythonichthys according to W. W. Schwarzhans and S. N. Nielsen 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SGO.PV.1596, an otolith. Its type locality is Punta Chocoi, south, which is in a Burdigalian submarine fan sandstone in the Lacui Formation of Chile.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Punta Chocoi, south
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