Eoprotelops
Extinct genus of fishes
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Eoprotelops ("dawn Protelops") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish, most likely a basal elopiform, from the Late Jurassic. It contains a single species, E. vireti, from the Kimmeridgian-aged paleontological site of Cerin, France.[1][2][3][4]
| Eoprotelops Temporal range: Kimmeridgian, | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Elopiformes |
| Family: | †Protelopidae |
| Genus: | †Eoprotelops Saint-Seine, 1949 |
| Species: | †E. vireti |
| Binomial name | |
| †Eoprotelops vireti Saint-Seine, 1949 | |
