Biology:Paranguilla
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Short description: Extinct prehistoric eel that lived during the Lutetian epoch of the Eocene
| Paranguilla | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Order: | Anguilliformes
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| Suborder: | Anguilloidei
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| Family: | Paranguillidae
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| Genus: | †Paranguilla Bleeker, 1864
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| Species: | †P. tigrina
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| Paranguilla tigrina Bleeker, 1864
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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.
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 1–560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
Wikidata ☰ Q3895244 entry
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