| Diaphantes Temporal range: Middle Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Trichodontidae |
| Genus: | †Diaphantes Nazarkin & Voskoboinikova, 2000 |
| Species: | †D. tilesii |
| Binomial name | |
| †Diaphantes tilesii Nazarkin & Voskoboinikova, 2000 | |
Diaphantes is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Trichodontidae, the sandfishes. Its only species, D. tilesii, was found in the Middle Miocene-aged Agnevo Formation of Sakhalin in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
References
- Nazarkin, Mikhail & Voskoboinikova, Olga (2000). "New fossil genus and species of Trichodontidae and the position of this family in the order Perciformes". Journal of Ichthyology. 40 (9): 687–703.
- "PBDB Collection". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Diaphantes | |