Eozanclus

Eozanclus; Temporal range: late Ypresian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Fossil specimen, Museo di Storia Naturale di Verona
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Zanclidae
Genus:	† Eozanclus ; Blot & Voruz, 1975
Species:	†E. brevirostris
Binomial name
	†Eozanclus brevirostris; (Agassiz, 1835)
Synonyms
	Zanclus brevirostris Agassiz, 1835 ;

Last updated February 17, 2025

Eozanclus ("dawn Zanclus ") was an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish, closely related to the modern Moorish idol, that lived during Eocene. It contains a single species, E. brevirostris that lived during the late Ypresian epoch in what is now Monte Bolca, northern Italy. It is one of two known fossil Moorish idols from Monte Bolca alongside Angiolinia .^[1]^[2]^[3] It differs from its living relative by having a much shorter snout.

It was first erroneously figured by Volta (1796) as a specimen of the Moorish idol itself (then known as Chaetodon canescens). It was later officially described by Agassiz (1835) as its own species within Zanclus, before being moved to its own genus in 1975.^[4]

References

↑ G. Carnevale, A. F. Bannikov, G. Marramá, J. C. Tyler, and R. Zorzin. 2014. The Pesciara-Monte Postale Fossil-Lagerstätte: 2. Fishes and other vertebrates. Rendiconti della Società Paleontologica Italiana 4:37-63.
↑ 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.
↑ Carnevale, Giorgio; Tyler, James (2024-02-08). "A NEW MOORISH IDOL (TELEOSTEI, ZANCLIDAE) FROM THE EOCENE OF BOLCA, ITALY". RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA. 130 (1). doi:10.54103/2039-4942/21794. ISSN 2039-4942.
↑ 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.

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[1] G. Carnevale, A. F. Bannikov, G. Marramá, J. C. Tyler, and R. Zorzin. 2014. The Pesciara-Monte Postale Fossil-Lagerstätte: 2. Fishes and other vertebrates. Rendiconti della Società Paleontologica Italiana 4:37-63.

[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] Carnevale, Giorgio; Tyler, James (2024-02-08). "A NEW MOORISH IDOL (TELEOSTEI, ZANCLIDAE) FROM THE EOCENE OF BOLCA, ITALY". RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA. 130 (1). doi:10.54103/2039-4942/21794. ISSN 2039-4942.

[4] 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.

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