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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| Family: | Soleidae |
| Genus: | †Eobuglossus Chabanaud, 1931 |
| Species: | †E. eocenicus
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| †Eobuglossus eocenicus (Woodward, 1910)
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Eobuglossus (dawn Buglossus, referencing a synonym for the common sole) is an extinct genus of marine flatfish that lived during the Eocene.[1][2] It contains a single known species, E. eocenicus, known from the late Lutetian-aged Mokattam Formation of Egypt, with its fossils recovered from the historically important Tura quarry.[3][4]
It was initially described in the genus Solea before being moved to its own genus. Although it was placed in its own family (Eobuglossidae) when being reclassified,[5] more recent taxonomic studies have confirmed it to be a true sole. Alongside Turahbuglossus from the same locality, it is one of the oldest true soles known from body fossils.[3][6]
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- ^ Chabanaud, Paul (1940-01-01). "Etude complementaire de la morphologie du teleosteen pleuronectoide soleiforme Eobuglossus eocenicus". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. S5-X (1–2): 17–23. doi:10.2113/gssgfbull.S5-X.1-2.17. ISSN 0037-9409.
- ^ Campbell, Matthew A.; Chanet, Bruno; Chen, Jhen-Nien; Lee, Mao-Ying; Chen, Wei-Jen (2019). "Origins and relationships of the Pleuronectoidei: Molecular and morphological analysis of living and fossil taxa". Zoologica Scripta. 48 (5): 640–656. doi:10.1111/zsc.12372. ISSN 1463-6409.