Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Muraenidae
Synonym: Heteromyridae
Parent taxon: Anguilliformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Constantin 1999, Fierstine et al. 2012, Fourriére et al. 2014, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016 and Woodward 1902
Sister taxa: Abisaadia, Anguillidae, Anguilloidei, Anguilloididae, Bolcanguilla, Brannerion, Casierius, Chlopsoidei, Congermuraena, Congridae, Congroidea, Congroidei, Eodiaphyodus, Eomuraena, Eomyrophis, Eurypharyngidae, Gazolapodus, Hayenchelys, Heterenchelyidae, Hoplunnis, Japonoconger, Lemkea, Leptocephalus, Libanechelyidae, Luenchelys, Micromyrus, Milananguillidae, Moringuoidei, Muraenanguilla, Muraenesocidae, Muraenoidei, Mylomyrus, Myroconger, Nemichthyidae, Ophichthidae, Palaeomyrus, Paranguillidae, Parechelus, Patavichthyidae, Proserrivomer, Protanguilloidei, Proteomyridae, Rhynchocymba, Saccopharyngidae, Saccopharyngoidei, Synaphobranchoidei, Urenchelyidae, Urenchelys, Carencheli, Lyomeri, Echelidae, Mastygocercus, Archencheli, Enchelycephali, Colocephali
Subtaxa: Anarchias Congeris Echidna Eomyrus Gymnothorax Muraena Muraeninae Otolithus Uropterygiinae
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Greece (5), Italy (3), the Marshall Islands (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Georgia)
• Pliocene of Greece (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Italy (2), New Zealand (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1), United States (6: Alabama, Mississippi)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), France (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (3: Louisiana, Mississippi)
• Tertiary of United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 34 collections including 43 occurrences