| Eobuglossus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| Family: | Soleidae |
| Genus: | † Eobuglossus Chabanaud, 1931 |
| Species: | †E. eocenicus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Eobuglossus eocenicus (Woodward, 1910) | |
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Eobuglossus (dawn Buglossus, referencing a synonym for the common sole) is an extinct genus of marine flatfish that lived during the Eocene. [1] [2] It contains a single known species, E. eocenicus, known from the late Lutetian-aged Mokattam Formation of Egypt, with its fossils recovered from the historically important Tura quarry. [3] [4]
It was initially described in the genus Solea before being moved to its own genus. Although it was placed in its own family (Eobuglossidae) when being reclassified, [5] more recent taxonomic studies have confirmed it to be a true sole. Alongside Turahbuglossus from the same locality, it is one of the oldest true soles known from body fossils. [3] [6]
