Eolates

Eolates Temporal range: Early Eocene to Late Oligocene [1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Specimen of E. gracilis, Natural History Museum, Berlin
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Centropomoidei
Family:	Latidae
Genus:	† Eolates Sorbini, 1970
Type species
†Lates gracilis Agassiz, 1833
Species
E. aquensis(Gaudant, 1977) E. gracilis(Agassiz, 1833) E. macrurus(Agassiz, 1833)

Eolates ("dawn Lates ") is an extinct genus of prehistoric lates perch from the Paleogene of Europe. ^{[2] [3]} It contains three species, two marine and one freshwater, known from the early-middle Eocene and Late Oligocene. ^[4]

Specimen of E. gracilis

The following species are known: ^{[5] [6] [7]}

• E. aquensis(Gaudant, 1977) - Late Oligocene of France (Aix-en-Provence Formation) (=Lates aquensisGaudant, 1977) ^[4]
• E. gracilis(Agassiz, 1833) (type species) - Early Eocene of Italy (Monte Bolca) (=Lates gracilisAgassiz, 1833)
• E. macrurus(Agassiz, 1833) - Middle Eocene (Lutetian) of France (Lutetian limestone) (=Lates macrurusAgassiz, 1833)

The single late-surviving freshwater species, E. aquensis, may be distinct enough to belong to its own genus. ^[8]

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. "†Eolates (perch-like fish)". Fossilworks.
2. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
3. "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
4. Cavin, Lionel (2017-05-31). Freshwater Fishes: 250 Million Years of Evolutionary History. Elsevier. ISBN   978-0-08-101141-6.
5. Geology, British Museum (Natural History) Department of; Woodward, Arthur Smith (1901). 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.
6. Otero, Olga (2004). "Anatomy, systematics and phylogeny of both Recent and fossil latid fishes (Teleostei, Perciformes, Latidae)" . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 141 (1): 81–133. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00111.x. ISSN   1096-3642.
7. Murray, Alison M.; Kovalchuk, Oleksandr M.; Vernygora, Oksana (2018-07-04). "Last evidence of Lates (Perciformes, Latinae) in the latest Miocene of the Eastern Paratethys" . Historical Biology. 30 (5). doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1312361. ISSN   0891-2963.
8. Gaudant, Jean; Nel, André; Nury, Denise; Véran, Monette; Carnevale, Giorgio (2018-08-01). "The uppermost Oligocene of Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône, Southern France): A Cenozoic brackish subtropical Konservat-Lagerstätte, with fishes, insects and plants" . Comptes Rendus Palevol. Lagerstätten 2: Exceptionally preserved fossils Lagerstätten 2 : fossiles à conservation exceptionnelle. 17 (7): 460–478. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2017.08.002. ISSN   1631-0683.