Eozanclus

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Eozanclus
Temporal range: late Ypresian
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Eozanclus brevirostris.jpg
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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

Eozanclus brevirostris is an extinct relative of the Moorish idol that lived during the late Ypresian epoch of the Eocene in what is now Monte Bolca, northern Italy. [1] [2] It differs from its living relative by having a much shorter snout.

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References

  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.