Goslinophis

Goslinophis
Temporal range:
Fossil - at Museo di storia naturale di Verona
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: †Goslinophis
Blot, 1981
Species:
†G. acuticaudus
Binomial name
†Goslinophis acuticaudus
(de Zigno, 1874 ex Agassiz, 1835)

Goslinophis is an extinct genus of marine snake eel known the Eocene of Europe. It contains a single species, G. acuticaudus from the Early Eocene-aged Monte Bolca site of Italy.[1][2][3] It shares some similarities with the closely-related modern genus Echelus, and may potentially be synonymous with it.[4]

The species was first figured in 1796 by Giovanni Serafino Volta, who identified it as a fossil specimen of "Muraena ophis", the modern spotted snake eel. In 1835, Louis Agassiz identified it as a distinct species, naming it Ophisurus acuticaudus, but without a proper description, leaving it a nomen nudum.[5] The species was officially described by de Zigno in 1874, using Agassiz's name. In 1981, Blot moved the species to its own genus, Goslinophis.[4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Archived from the original on 2024-12-12. Retrieved 2026-03-25.
  4. 1 2 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.
  5. ↑ Woodward (1889). Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History).


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