Esocelops
Extinct genus of fishes
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Esocelops (portmanteau of Esox + Elops) is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine elopid ray-finned fish that lived during the Eocene.[1] It contains a single species, E. cavifrons, known from the Early Eocene of England (London Clay).[2]
| Esocelops Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Elopiformes |
| Family: | Elopidae |
| Genus: | †Esocelops Woodward, 1901 |
| Species: | †E. cavifrons |
| Binomial name | |
| †Esocelops cavifrons | |
It was initially named, but not described, by Agassiz (1845) as Eurygnathus cavifrons, with Eurygnathus later being found to be both preoccupied by a beetle and synonymous with Enchodus. Woodward (1901) officially described it in the genus Esocelops, retaining Agassiz's original species name.[3][4]
