Paranguilla

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

Paranguilla
Temporal range: Lutetian[1]
Fossil specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Anguilliformes
Suborder:
Anguilloidei
Family:
Paranguillidae
Genus:
†Paranguilla

Bleeker, 1864
Species:
†P. tigrina
Binomial name
Paranguilla tigrina
Bleeker, 1864

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

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


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