Anguilloides
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | †Anguilloididae |
| Genus: | †Anguilloides Cadrobbi, 1962 |
| Species: | †A. branchiostegalis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Anguilloides branchiostegalis (Eastman, 1905) | |
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.[3][4]
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