Esocelops

Esocelops Temporal range: Lower Eocene [1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Elopiformes
Family:	Elopidae
Genus:	† Esocelops Woodward, 1901
Species:	†E. cavifrons
Binomial name
†Esocelops cavifrons Woodward, 1901 ex Agassiz, 1845

Esocelops (portmanteau of Esox + Elops ) is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine elopid ray-finned fish that lived during the Eocene. ^[1] It contains a single species, E. cavifrons, known from the Early Eocene of England (London Clay). ^[2]

It was initially named, but not described, by Agassiz (1845) as Eurygnathus cavifrons, with Eurygnathus later being found to be both preoccupied by a beetle and synonymous with Enchodus . Woodward (1901) officially described it in the genus Esocelops, retaining Agassiz's original species name. ^{[3] [4]}

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. 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.
2. "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2025-02-21.
3. 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.
4. Friedman, Matt; Beckett, Hermione T.; Close, Roger A.; Johanson, Zerina (2016-01-01), Johanson, Z.; Barrett, P. M.; Richter, M.; Smith, M. (eds.), "The English Chalk and London Clay: two remarkable British bony fish Lagerstätten", Arthur Smith Woodward: His Life and Influence on Modern Vertebrate Palaeontology, vol. 430, Geological Society of London, p. 0, ISBN   978-1-86239-741-5 , retrieved 2025-02-21