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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Moridae |
| Genus: | †Eophycis Jerzmanska, 1968 |
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| Eophycis jamnensis Jerzmanska, 1968
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Eophycis ("dawn Phycis") is an extinct genus of prehistoric morid gadiform fish that lived during the early Oligocene epoch in the Paratethys Sea, where it is known from both the eastern and western regions. It represents the oldest fossil record of the Moridae.[1][2]
It contains three species:[2]
- E. froidefontainensis Pharisat, 1991 - Early Oligocene of France (Froidefontaine Formation)[3]
- E. jamnensis Jerzmańska, 1968 (type species) - Early Oligocene of Poland (Menilitic Formation)[4]
- E. pshekhiensis Rozenberg & Prokofiev, 2004 - Early Oligocene of North Caucasus, Russia (Pshekha Formation)
Several articulated, well-preserved specimens of E. jamnensis are known from Poland.[2]
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c Přikryl, Tomáš (2015-11-01). "Skeletal anatomy of the early morid fish Eophycis (Gadiformes, Moridae) from an Oligocene deposit in Poland". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 14 (8): 625–635. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2015.08.004. ISSN 1631-0683.
- ^ Pharisat, Andre; Micklich, Norbert (1998-01-01). "Oligocene fishes in the western Paratethys of the Rhine Valley Rift System". Italian Journal of Zoology. 65. doi:10.1080/11250009809386808. ISSN 1125-0003.
- ^ Přikryl, Tomáš; Kania, Iwona; Krzemiński, Wiesław (2016-12-01). "Synopsis of fossil fish fauna from the Hermanowa locality (Rupelian; Central Paratethys; Poland): current state of knowledge". Swiss Journal of Geosciences. 109 (3): 429–443. doi:10.1007/s00015-016-0216-5. ISSN 1661-8734.