Eolophotes

Eolophotes; Temporal range: Middle Eocene, Lutetian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	E. lenis holotype, scale bar = 5 mm
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Lampriformes
Family:	Lophotidae
Genus:	†Eolophotes; Daniltshenko, 1980
Species:	†E. lenis
Binomial name
	†Eolophotes lenis; (Daniltshenko, 1962)
Synonyms
	†Lophotes lenis Daniltshenko, 1962;

Eolophotes ("dawn Lophotes") is an extinct genus of prehistoric crestfish that inhabited the northeastern Tethys Ocean during the Eocene. It contains a single species, E. lenis, known from the Lutetian-aged Dabakhan Formation of Georgia. It is a diminutive, poorly-known species, but represents the oldest fossil record of the group.^[1]^[2]^[3] However, Brownstein & Near (2023) found the Lophotidae to be potentially non-monophyletic, and Eolophotes to be a member of the Taeniosomi with uncertain placement.^[4]

External links

Eolophotes at the Paleobiology Database

^ Davesne, Donald (2017-06-28). "A fossil unicorn crestfish (Teleostei, Lampridiformes, Lophotidae) from the Eocene of Iran". PeerJ. 5: e3381. doi:10.7717/peerj.3381. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5493034. PMID 28674642.
^ Bannikov, A. F.; Parin, N. N. (1996). "The List of Marine Fishes From Cenozoic (Upper Paleocene-Middle Miocene) Localities in Southern European Russia and Adjacent Countries". Voprosy Ikhtiologii. 37 (2): 149–161.
^ Банников, Александр Федорович (2009). Ископаемые колючеперые рыбы (Acanthopterygii): систематика, филогения и роль в кайнозойских ихтиокомплексах Тетиса и Паратетиса (Thesis) (in Russian).
^ Brownstein, Chase Doran; Near, Thomas J (2024-06-01). "Evolutionary origins of the lampriform pelagic radiation". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 201 (2): 422–430. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad142. ISSN 0024-4082.

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[1] Davesne, Donald (2017-06-28). "A fossil unicorn crestfish (Teleostei, Lampridiformes, Lophotidae) from the Eocene of Iran". PeerJ. 5: e3381. doi:10.7717/peerj.3381. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5493034. PMID 28674642.

[:1-2] Bannikov, A. F.; Parin, N. N. (1996). "The List of Marine Fishes From Cenozoic (Upper Paleocene-Middle Miocene) Localities in Southern European Russia and Adjacent Countries". Voprosy Ikhtiologii. 37 (2): 149–161.

[:2-3] Банников, Александр Федорович (2009). Ископаемые колючеперые рыбы (Acanthopterygii): систематика, филогения и роль в кайнозойских ихтиокомплексах Тетиса и Паратетиса (Thesis) (in Russian).

[4] Brownstein, Chase Doran; Near, Thomas J (2024-06-01). "Evolutionary origins of the lampriform pelagic radiation". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 201 (2): 422–430. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad142. ISSN 0024-4082.

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