Eoeugnathus (Greek for "dawn true-jaw") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish belonging to the Halecomorphi.The Paleobiology Database Eoeugnathus entry Eoeugnathus existed during the Middle Triassic in what is now Europe.

It contains two species:

E. bellottii (Rueppel, 1857) - Ladinian of Italy and Switzerland (Meride Formation, Perledo-Varenna Formation) (=Allolepidotus bellottii Rueppel, 1857) E. megalepis Brough, 1939 (type species) - latest Anisian to late Ladinian of Italy (Besano Formation), Switzerland (Prosanto Formation), and Spain (Muschelkalk)

It was initially placed in the Caturidae and then the Panxianichthyiformes, but more recent studies have placed it in the new ionoscopiform family Subortichthyidae.

See also

Prehistoric fish List of prehistoric bony fish

References