Pseudovomer
| Pseudovomer Temporal range: Messinian[1] | |
|---|---|
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| Artist's reconstruction | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
| Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
| Family: | Carangidae |
| Genus: | Pseudovomer |
| Species: | P. minutus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudovomer minutus Sauvage, 1870 | |
Pseudovomer minutus is an extinct species of prehistoric, Miocene carangid similar to the modern-day Lookdown, Selene vomer, that lived during the Messinian subepoch of what is now Sicily.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
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