| Aphanius crassicaudus Temporal range: Late Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Fossil of Aphanius crassicaudus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Aphaniidae |
| Genus: | Aphanius |
| Species: | †A. crassicaudus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Aphanius crassicaudus Agassiz, 1839 | |
Aphanius crassicaudus is an extinct species of fish in the family Aphaniidae. It lived in the Late Miocene in brackish and hypersaline lagoons along the northern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Fossils are known from Greece, Italy, and Spain.
References
- Reichenbacher, Bettina; Kowalke, Thorsten (2009-10-01). "Neogene and present-day zoogeography of killifishes (Aphanius and Aphanolebias) in the Mediterranean and Paratethys areas". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 281 (1–2): 43–56. Bibcode:2009PPP...281...43R. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.07.008. ISSN 0031-0182.
- Chang, Meemann; Wang, Xiaoming; Liu, Huanzhang; Miao, Desui; Zhao, Quanhong; Wu, Guoxuan; Liu, Juan; Li, Qiang; Sun, Zhencheng; Wang, Ning (2008-09-09). "Extraordinarily thick-boned fish linked to the aridification of the Qaidam Basin (northern Tibetan Plateau)". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105 (36): 13246–13251. Bibcode:2008PNAS..10513246C. doi:10.1073/pnas.0805982105. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 2533176. PMID 18757732.
- "Fish otoliths from the Messinian of Strada degli Archi (Tuscany, Italy) – Taxonomy and palaeoecology" (PDF). April 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
- "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
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| Aphanius crassicaudus | |
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