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Extinct genus of fishes

Tunita
Temporal range: Upper Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Scombridae
Genus: †Tunita
Jordan and Gilbert, 1919
Type species
Tunita octavia
Jordan and Gilbert, 1919
Species
  • T. octavia
  • T. sp

Tunita is an extinct genus of prehistoric mackerel that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch of Southern California.

See also

References

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
Taxon identifiers
Tunita


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