Oligolactoria

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Oligolactoria
Temporal range: Early Oligocene[1]
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Ostraciidae
Genus: Oligolactoria
Species: O. bubiki
Binomial name
Oligolactoria bubiki
Tyler 1991

Oligolactoria bubiki is an extinct prehistoric boxfish that lived during the Rupelian epoch from the Middle Oligocene of Moravia, Czech Republic.[1]

In life, it would have strongly resembled a modern cowfish (genus Lactoria).

See also

  • Eolactoria
  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

  1. 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. 


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