Anguilloides Explained

Anguilloides is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine eel that lived in the early Eocene. It contains a single species, A. branchiostegalis. Fossils are known from the famous Monte Bolca site of Italy.^{[1] [2] [3]}

It is one of two genera in the extinct family Anguilloididae alongside Veronanguilla. The family is thought to represent a basal member of the suborder Anguilloidei.^[4]

See also

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

Notes and References

1. Sepkoski . Jack . A compendium of fossil marine animal genera . Bulletins of American Paleontology . 364 . 560 . 2002 . 2009-02-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class . 2011-07-23 .
2. Pfaff . Cathrin . Zorzin . Roberto . Kriwet . Jürgen . 2016-08-11 . Evolution of the locomotory system in eels (Teleostei: Elopomorpha) . BMC Evolutionary Biology . 16 . 1 . 159 . 10.1186/s12862-016-0728-7 . free . 1471-2148 . 4981956 . 27514517. 2016BMCEE..16..159P .
3. Carnevale . G. . Bannikov . Alexandre F. . Marramà . G. . Tyler . James C. . Zorzin. . R. . 2014 . The Bolca Fossil-Lagerstätte: A window into the Eocene World. 5. The Pesciara- Monte Postale Fossil-Lagerstätte: 2. Fishes and other vertebrates. Excursion guide . Rendiconti della Società Paleontologica Italiana . 4 . 1 . i–xxvii . 10088/25678.
4. Web site: PBDB . 2024-02-21 . paleobiodb.org.