Eoluvarus
| Eoluvarus Temporal range: Early Eocene,
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| Artist's restoration of E. bondei | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | †Exelliidae |
| Genus: | †Eoluvarus Sahni & Choudhary, 1977 |
| Species: | †E. bondei
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| Binomial name | |
| †Eoluvarus bondei Sahni & Choudhary, 1977
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Eoluvarus ("dawn Luvarus") is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish from the Eocene of India.[1] It contains a single species, E. bondei from the Ypresian-aged Fuller's Earth deposits in the Kapurdi Formation of the Barmer District, Rajasthan.[2]
As its name suggests, it was initially considered an early louvar. Later, more comprehensive specimens were found from the same locality, and E. bondei was reappraised as being a relative of Exellia, an unusual genus of spadefish-like percomorph known from Italy and Turkmenistan, and thus also a member of the family Exelliidae.[2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- ^ a b Bannikov, A. F.; Tyler, James C. (1994). "A REVISION OF THE EOCENE FISH FAMILY EXELLIIDAE (PERCIFORMES)" (PDF). Paleontological Journal. 28 (3).
- ^ Bannikov, Alexandre F.; Tyler, James C. (1995). "Phylogenetic Revision of the Fish Families Luvaridae and Kushlukiidae (Acanthuroidei), with a New Genus and Two New Species of Eocene Luvarids". Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology (81): 1–45. doi:10.5479/si.00810266.81.1.
- ^ Carnevale, G.; Bannikov, Alexandre F.; Marramà, G.; Tyler, James C.; Zorzin., R. (2014). "The Bolca Fossil-Lagerstätte: A window into the Eocene World. 5. The Pesciara- Monte Postale Fossil-Lagerstätte: 2. Fishes and other vertebrates. Excursion guide" (PDF). Rendiconti della Società Paleontologica Italiana. 4 (1): i–xxvii. hdl:10088/25678.
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