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†Chiloconger Meyers and Wade 1941 (conger eel)

Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Congridae

Parent taxon: Congridae according to W. W. Schwarzhans and S. N. Nielsen 2021

Sister taxa: Ariosoma, Ariosominae, Astroconger, Bassanago, Bathycongrus, Bathymyrinae, Blachea, Bolcyrus, Conger, Congridarum, Congrinae, Gnathophis, Gorgasia, Heteroconger, Heterocongrinae, Maxwelliella, Mystriophis, Notoconger, Paraconger, Paracongroides, Promyllantor, Pseudophichthys, Pseudoxenomystax, Rhechias, Rhynchoconger, Scalanago, Tonganago, Uroconger, Voltaconger, Xenomystax

Subtaxa: Chiloconger chilensis

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Matanzas, north (Miocene of Chile)

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