Eotetraodon
Appearance
Eotetraodon Temporal range:
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Reconstruction of E. pygmaeus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Tetraodontidae |
Genus: | †Eotetraodon Tyler, 1980 |
Type species | |
Eotetraodon pygmaeus Zigno, 1887
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Eotetraodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric pufferfish 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]
References
- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ Bannikov, A. F.; Tyler, J. C. (2008). "A new species of the pufferfish Eotetraodon (Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae) from the Eocene of the Northern Caucasus". Paleontological Journal. 42 (5): 526–530. doi:10.1134/S0031030108050080. S2CID 84830626.