Echinelops

Echinelops is an extinct genus of elopiform ray-finned fish known from the Early Oligocene of eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It was first named by Alison M. Murray and Izzet Hoşgör in 2012 and the type species is Echinelops ozcani.^[1]

Echinelops Temporal range: Early Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Elopiformes
Genus:	†Echinelops Murray & Hoşgör, 2012
Type species
†Echinelops ozcani Murray & Hoşgör, 2012