Paranguilla
Paranguilla Temporal range: Lutetian[1] | |
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Fossil specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Subclass: | Neopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Suborder: | Anguilloidei |
Family: | Paranguillidae |
Genus: | Paranguilla |
Species: | P. tigrina |
Binomial name | |
Paranguilla tigrina Bleeker (1864) | |
Paranguilla tigrina is an extinct prehistoric eel that lived during the Lutetian epoch of the Eocene, in what is now Monte Bolca.[1]
Some of the better preserved fossils show that the living animals had complex patterns of spots. P. tigrina and Dalpiazella brevicauda constitute the extinct family Paranguillidae.
See also
References
- 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
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