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Extinct genus of fishes

Eomyrus
Temporal range: Middle Eocene (Bartonian) PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: †Eomyrus
Storms, 1898
Species: †E. dolloi
Binomial name
†Eomyrus dolloi
Storms, 1898

Eomyrus ("dawn Myrus") is an extinct genus of prehistoric snake eel that lived during the middle Eocene. It contains a single species, E. dolloi from the Bartonian-aged Maldegem Formation (Wemmel Member) of Belgium.

The species E. latispinus (Agassiz, 1844) was reclassified into this genus, but has since been placed in Voltaconger.

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References

  1. ^ Young, Sally V. T.; Williams, R. J. (2008). "New information on the cranial anatomy of the eel genus Echelus Rafinesque, 1810 (Ophichthidae: Anguilliformes) from the Early Eocene". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 295 (1): 311–336. doi:10.1144/SP295.15. ISSN 0305-8719.
  2. ^ Geology, British Museum (Natural History) Department of; Woodward, Arthur Smith (1901). Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History): Actinopterygian Teleostomi of the suborders Isospondyli (in part), Ostariophysi, Apodes, Percesoces, Hemibranchii, Acanthopterygii, and Anacanthini. order of the Trustees.
  3. McCosker, John E.; Böhlke, Eugenia B.; Böhlke, James E. (2019-03-04), "Family Ophichthidae. Snake Eels And Worm Eels", Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes: Part 9, Volume 1, Yale University Press, pp. 254–412, doi:10.12987/9781933789323-012/pdf?licensetype=restricted, ISBN 978-1-933789-32-3, retrieved 2025-01-15
  4. "DISUSED PALEOGENE REGIONAL STAGES FROM BELGIUM: MONTIAN, HEERSIAN, LANDENIAN, PANISELIAN, BRUXELLIAN, LAEKENIAN, LEDIAN, WEMMELIAN AND TONGRIAN". popups.uliege.be. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
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