Caprovesposus

Caprovesposus
Temporal range: Oligocene to Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Acanthuroidei
Family: Acanthuridae
Genus: Caprovesposus
Danil'chenko, 1960
Binomial name
Caprovesposus parvus
Danil'chenko, 1960

Caprovesposus parvus is an extinct, prehistoric surgeonfish from what is now the Caucasus Mountains. Its very small fossils (up to 3 centimeters in length) are thought to represent a pelagic larval or juvenile stage.[1] The adult form is, as yet, unknown.

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References

  1. Bannikov, A. F.; Tyler (1992). "Caprovesposus from the Oligocene of Russia: the pelagic acronurus presettlement stage of a surgeonfish (Teleostei: Acanthuridae)". BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 105 (4).
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