Proaracana

Proaracana
Temporal range: Early- Middle Eocene[1]
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Aracanidae
Genus: Proaracana
Le Danois, 1969
Species: P. dubia
Binomial name
Proaracana dubia
(Blainville, 1818)
Synonyms
  • Ostracion sp.
  • Ostracion dubius (Blainville, 1818)

Proaracana dubia is an extinct, prehistoric aracanid boxfish that lived during the Lutetian of middle Eocene Monte Bolca.[1]

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References

  1. โ†‘ 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.