Eochanna chorlakkiensis
Extinct species of fish
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Eochanna chorlakkiensis is an extinct prehistoric snakehead. The fish lived in the Lutetian age of the Middle Eocene (41-48 million years ago)[1] in the area of what is now the Kuldana Formation near Chorlakki, Pakistan.[2]
| Eochanna chorlakkiensis Temporal range: Middle Eocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anabantiformes |
| Family: | Channidae |
| Genus: | †Eochanna Roe, 1991 |
| Species: | †E. chorlakkiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Eochanna chorlakkiensis Roe, 1991 | |