Phareodus

Dapedoglossus[1] Phareodus is a genus of freshwater fish from the Paleocene to Eocene of North America.

This genus includes at two species,[2] P. testis (Leidy, 1873) and P. encaustus of North America.

[3] Representatives have been found in the middle Eocene of North Americas Green River Formation in Wyoming, United States.

[4] Fossils similar to the genus have also been found in the Paleocene (Tiupampan) Santa Lucía Formation of Bolivia.

P. testis was a freshwater fish with an oval outline, a small head, and a slightly pointed snout.

Phareodus encaustus , from Green River Formation , at the Royal Ontario Museum