Anguilloides

Anguilloides is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine eel that lived in the early Eocene. It contains a single species, A. branchiostegalis. Fossils are known from the famous Monte Bolca site of Italy.^[1][2][3]

Anguilloides Temporal range: Early Eocene[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	†Anguilloididae
Genus:	†Anguilloides Cadrobbi, 1962
Species:	†A. branchiostegalis
Binomial name
†Anguilloides branchiostegalis (Eastman, 1905)

It is one of two genera in the extinct family Anguilloididae alongside Veronanguilla. The family is thought to represent a basal member of the suborder Anguilloidei.^[3][4]

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish