Eozanclus Temporal range:
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Acanthuriformes |
Family: | Zanclidae |
Genus: | †Eozanclus Blot & Voruz, 1975 |
Species: | †E. brevirostris
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Binomial name | |
†Eozanclus brevirostris (Agassiz, 1835)
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Eozanclus brevirostris is an extinct relative of the Moorish idol that lived during the late Ypresian epoch of the Eocene in what is now Monte Bolca, northern Italy.[1][2] It differs from its living relative by having a much shorter snout.