''Dalpiazella brevicauda'' is an
extinct
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prehistoric
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eel
Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...
from the
Lutetian
The Lutetian is, in the geologic timescale, a stage or age in the Eocene. It spans the time between . The Lutetian is preceded by the Ypresian and is followed by the Bartonian. Together with the Bartonian it is sometimes referred to as the Midd ...
of the
Monte Bolca
Monte Bolca is a lagerstätte near Verona, Italy that was one of the first fossil sites with high quality preservation known to Europeans, and is still an important source of fossils from the Eocene.
Geology
Monte Bolca was uplifted from the T ...
lagerstatten. ''D. brevicauda'' and ''
Paranguilla
''Paranguilla tigrina'' is an extinct prehistoric eel that lived during the Lutetian epoch of the Eocene, in what is now Monte Bolca.
Some of the better preserved fossils show that the living animals had complex patterns of spots. ''P. tigrina ...
tigrina'' constitute the
family
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Paranguilla
''Paranguilla tigrina'' is an extinct prehistoric eel that lived during the Lutetian epoch of the Eocene, in what is now Monte Bolca.
Some of the better preserved fossils show that the living animals had complex patterns of spots. ''P. tigrina ...
.
See also
*
Prehistoric fish
The evolution of fish began about 530 million years ago during the Cambrian explosion. It was during this time that the early chordates developed the skull and the vertebral column, leading to the first craniates and vertebrates. The first fish ...
*
List of prehistoric bony fish
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Organizations
* List College
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References
External links
Bony fish in the online Sepkoski Database
Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
Eocene fish
Fossils of Italy
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