Paranguilla

Paranguilla tigrina is an extinct prehistoric eel that lived during the Lutetian epoch of the Eocene, in what is now Monte Bolca.^[1]

Paranguilla Temporal range: Lutetian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
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.

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish