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Eoprotelops Temporal range: Kimmeridgian, 153 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Elopiformes
Family:	†Protelopidae
Genus:	†Eoprotelops Saint-Seine, 1949
Species:	†E. vireti
Binomial name
†Eoprotelops vireti Saint-Seine, 1949

Eoprotelops ("dawn Protelops") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish, most likely a basal elopiform, from the Late Jurassic. It contains a single species, E. vireti, from the Kimmeridgian-aged paleontological site of Cerin, France.

See also

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
2. Saint-Seine, Pierre de (1949). "Les poissons des calcaires lithographiques de Cerin (Ain)". Publications du musée des Confluences. 2 (1): 3–79. doi:10.3406/mhnly.1949.984.
3. Khalloufi, Bouziane; El Houssaini Darif, Khadija; Jourani, Essaid; Khaldoune, Fatima; Jalil, Nour-Eddine (2018-02-25). "A new Palaeocene Megalopidae (Teleostei, Elopomorpha) from the phosphate basins of Morocco". Historical Biology: 1–10. doi:10.1080/08912963.2018.1443327. ISSN 0891-2963.
4. Murray, Alison M.; Hoşgör, Izzet (2012-03-01). "An early Oligocene elopiform fish from a new locality in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (2). doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.648248. ISSN 0272-4634.

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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Subclass: Neopterygii Infraclass: Teleostei Actinopterygii see Actinopterygii Neopterygii see Neopterygii Teleostei see Teleostei Elopomorpha see below↓ Elopomorpha
Elopiformes †Anaethalion †Aulothrissus †Daitingichthys †Davichthys †Echinelops †Eichstaettia †Elopsomolos †Eoprotelops †Epaelops †Flindersichthys †Ichthyemidion †Leptoelops †Naiathaelon †Protelops †Phyllodontidae Egertonia Eodiaphyodus Paralbula Phyllodus Pseudoegertonia Elopidae †Ctenodentelops Elops †Kipalelops †Lyrolepis †Protoelops Megalopidae †Arratiaelops †Brouweria †Elopoides Megalops †Paratarpon †Promegalops †Protarpon †Sedenhorstia Albuliformes †Baugeichthys †Brannerion †Bullichthys †Euroka †Farinichthys †Holcolepis †Lebonichthys †Marathonichthys †Osmeroides †Palealbula †Paraelops †Protalbula †Stewartichthys Albulidae Albula †Casierius †Deltaichthys †Elopothrissus †Hajulia †Istieus †Italoalbula Nemoossis †Nunaneichthys †Phosphonatator †Pteralbula Pterothrissus Notacanthiformes Notacanthidae Lipogenys Notacanthus Polyacanthonotus Halosauridae Aldrovandia †Echidnocephalus Halosauropsis Halosaurus †Laytonia Anguilliformes see Eels
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