Eoanguilla

Eoanguilla ("dawn Anguilla") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine eel that lived during the early Eocene.[1] It contains a single species, E. leptoptera from the Ypresian-aged Monte Bolca site of Italy. It is thought to have been an early marine relative of the modern freshwater eels (genus Anguilla).[2][3][4]

It was first described in error as a fossil specimen of the European conger (then treated as Muraena conger) by Volta in 1796. It was later reclassified into Anguilla by Agassiz as its relationship to that genus was determined, and reclassified into its own genus over a century later.[4][5]

## See also

* Prehistoric fish
* List of prehistoric bony fish

## References

1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `sepkoskidb`
2. ↑ Carnevale, G.; Bannikov, Alexandre F.; Marramà, G.; Tyler, James C.; Zorzin., R. (2014). "The Bolca Fossil-Lagerstätte: A window into the Eocene World. 5. The Pesciara- Monte Postale Fossil-Lagerstätte: 2. Fishes and other vertebrates. Excursion guide". Rendiconti della Società Paleontologica Italiana 4 (1): i–xxvii. https://iris.unito.it/bitstream/2318/149338/1/Carnevale et al 2014 The Pesciara F-L. Fishes and other vertebrates2.pdf.
3. ↑ Aoyama, Jun (2003), Aida, Katsumi; Tsukamoto, Katsumi; Yamauchi, Kohei, eds., "Origin and Evolution of the Freshwater Eels, Genus Anguilla" (in en), Eel Biology (Tokyo: Springer Japan): pp. 19–29, doi:10.1007/978-4-431-65907-5_2, ISBN 978-4-431-65907-5, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-4-431-65907-5_2, retrieved 2024-12-30
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "PBDB Taxon". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35363.
5. ↑ Geology, British Museum (Natural History) Department of; Woodward, Arthur Smith (1901) (in en). Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History): Actinopterygian Teleostomi of the suborders Isospondyli (in part), Ostariophysi, Apodes, Percesoces, Hemibranchii, Acanthopterygii, and Anacanthini. order of the Trustees. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Catalogue_of_the_Fossil_Fishes_in_the_Br/ZtEKAQAAIAAJ?.

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