Eotetraodon
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| Eotetraodon Temporal range: Lutetian[1] | |
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| Reconstruction of E. pygmaeus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
| Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Subclass: | Neopterygii |
| Infraclass: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontidae |
| Genus: | Eotetraodon |
| Type species | |
| Eotetraodon pygmaeus | |
| Species | |
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Eotetraodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric puffer fish that lived during the Lutetian epoch of middle Eocene.[1] Fossil specimens are from the Monte Bolca lagerstatten (E. pygmaeus), and the Kuma Horizon of the Gorny Luch locality, from the North Caucasus {E. gornylutshensis}.[2]
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ↑ A. F. Bannikov and J. C. Tyler, PALEONTOLOGICAL JOURNAL Volume 42, Number 5, 526-530, doi:10.1134/S0031030108050080 "A new species of the pufferfish Eotetraodon (Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae) from the Eocene of the Northern Caucasus"
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