| Paranguilla Temporal range: Lutetian[1] |
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| Fossil specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
| Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Subclass: | Neopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Suborder: | Anguilloidei |
| Family: | Paranguillidae |
| Genus: | Paranguilla |
| Species: | P. tigrina |
| Binomial name | |
| Paranguilla tigrina Bleeker (1864) |
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Paranguilla tigrina is an extinct prehistoric eel that lived during the Lutetian epoch of the Eocene, in what is now Monte Bolca.[1]
Some of the better preserved fossils show that the living animals had complex patterns of spots. P. tigrina and Dalpiazella brevicauda comprise of the extinct family Paranguillidae.