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(Redirected from Pietschellus aenigmaticus) Extinct genus of fishes

Pietschellus
Temporal range: Early Eocene, Ypresian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Superorder: Acanthopterygii
Clade: Percomorpha
Genus: Pietschellus
Bannikov & Carnevale, 2011
Species
  • P. aenigmaticus Bannikov & Carnevale, 2011 (type)

Pietschellus is an extinct genus of enigmatic bony fish which existed in northern Italy during the early Eocene epoch (Ypresian age). It is known from a single well-preserved nearly complete specimen recovered from the Monte Postale site of the Monte Bolca locality. It was first named by Alexandre F. Bannikov and Giorgio Carnevale in 2011 and the type species is Pietschellus aenigmaticus.

References

  1. ^ Alexandre F. Bannikov, Giorgio Carnevale (2011). "Enigmatic spiny-rayed fish from the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy". Geological Journal. 46 (1): 52–62. doi:10.1002/gj.1255. S2CID 129658292.
Taxon identifiers
Pietschellus


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