Paranguilla
Extinct prehistoric eel that lived during the Lutetian epoch of the Eocene
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Paranguilla tigrina is an extinct prehistoric eel that lived during the Lutetian epoch of the Eocene, in what is now Monte Bolca.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | †Paranguillidae |
| Genus: | †Paranguilla Bleeker, 1864 |
| Species: | †P. tigrina |
| Binomial name | |
| †Paranguilla tigrina Agassiz, 1839 | |
Some of the better preserved fossils show that the living animals had complex patterns of spots. P. tigrina and Dalpiazella brevicauda constitute the extinct family Paranguillidae.
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