Eoeugnathus

Eoeugnathus
Temporal range: Anisian-Ladinian
Fossil Eoeugnathus megalepis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Halecomorphi
Order: Panxianichthyiformes
Family: Panxianichthyidae
Genus: Eoeugnathus
Brough, 1939
Type species
Eoeugnathus megalepis
Brough, 1939

Eoeugnathus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish belonging to the Halecomorphi.[1] Eoeugnathus existed during the Middle Triassic in what is now Italy, Spain, and Switzerland.[2] The type species is Eoeugnathus megalepis (monotypy).

  1. ^ The Paleobiology Database Eoeugnathus entry
  2. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.