Echinelops is an extinct genus of elopiform ray-finned fish known from the Early Oligocene of eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It was first named by Alison M. Murray and Izzet Hoşgör in 2012 and the type species is Echinelops ozcani.[1]
| Echinelops Temporal range: Early Oligocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Elopiformes |
| Genus: | †Echinelops Murray & Hoşgör, 2012 |
| Type species | |
| †Echinelops ozcani Murray & Hoşgör, 2012
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References
edit- ^ Alison M. Murray and Izzet Hoşgör (2012). "An early Oligocene elopiform fish from a new locality in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (2): 296–303. Bibcode:2012JVPal..32..296M. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.648248. S2CID 86066742.
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