Paranguilla

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Paranguilla
Temporal range: Lutetian [1]
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Fossil specimen
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Paranguillidae
Genus: Paranguilla
Bleeker, 1864
Species:
P. tigrina
Binomial name
Paranguilla tigrina
Agassiz, 1839

Paranguilla tigrina is an extinct prehistoric eel that lived during the Lutetian epoch of the Eocene, in what is now Monte Bolca. [1]

Some of the better preserved fossils show that the living animals had complex patterns of spots. P. tigrina and Dalpiazella brevicauda constitute the extinct family Paranguillidae.

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References

  1. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.