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Bolcanguilla

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Bolcanguilla
Temporal range: Early Eocene[1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Genus: †Bolcanguilla
Blot, 1980
Species:
†B. brachycephala
Binomial name
†Bolcanguilla brachycephala
Blot, 1980

Bolcanguilla is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine eel that lived during the early division of the Eocene epoch. It contains a single species, B. brachycephala from the Monte Bolca site of Italy. Its exact taxonomic affinities within the Anguilliformes remain uncertain.[1][2][3]

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