Eolamprogrammus
Extinct genus of fishes
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eolamprogrammus ("dawn Lamprogrammus") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine cusk-eel that lived during the earliest Eocene.[1] It contains a single species, E. senectus from the earliest Ypresian-aged[2] Danata Formation of Turkmenistan.[3] It may potentially represent an early member of the Neobythitinae.[4]
| Eolamprogrammus Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Ophidiidae |
| Subfamily: | Neobythitinae |
| Genus: | †Eolamprogrammus Daniltshenko, 1968 |
| Species: | †E. senectus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Eolamprogrammus senectus Daniltshenko, 1968 | |
