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Eolates

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Eolates
Temporal range: 55.8–46.6 Ma[1] Eocene
Eolates gracilis, an extinct species of the Latidae. Fossil from the Berlin's Natural History Museum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Latidae
Genus: Eolates
Sorbini, 1970
Type species
Eolates gracilis
Agassiz, 1833

Eolates is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "†Eolates (perch-like fish)". Fossilworks.
  2. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.