Oligolactoria Temporal range: Early Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Artist's reconstruction | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Ostraciidae |
Genus: | †Oligolactoria Tyler & Gregorova, 1991 |
Species: | †O. bubiki |
Binomial name | |
†Oligolactoria bubiki Tyler & Gregorova, 1991 |
Oligolactoria bubiki is an extinct prehistoric boxfish that lived during the Rupelian epoch from the Middle Oligocene of Moravia, Czech Republic.
In life, it would have strongly resembled a modern cowfish (genus Lactoria).
See also
References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Oligolactoria bubiki |
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