Eolophotes

Eolophotes Temporal range: Middle Eocene, Lutetian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
E. lenis holotype, scale bar = 5 mm
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Lampriformes
Family:	Lophotidae
Genus:	† Eolophotes Daniltshenko, 1980
Species:	†E. lenis
Binomial name
†Eolophotes lenis (Daniltshenko, 1962)
Synonyms
†Lophotes lenisDaniltshenko, 1962

Eolophotes ("dawn Lophotes ") is an extinct genus of prehistoric crestfish that inhabited the northeastern Tethys Ocean during the Eocene. It contains a single species, E. lenis, known from the Lutetian-aged Dabakhan Formation of Georgia. It is a diminutive, poorly-known species, but represents the oldest fossil record of the group. ^{[1] [2] [3]} However, Brownstein & Near (2023) found the Lophotidae to be potentially non-monophyletic, and Eolophotes to be a member of the Taeniosomi with uncertain placement. ^[4]

External links

• Eolophotes at the Paleobiology Database

• Paleontology portal

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4. Brownstein, Chase Doran; Near, Thomas J (2024-06-01). "Evolutionary origins of the lampriform pelagic radiation" . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 201 (2): 422–430. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad142. ISSN   0024-4082.