Alepisaurus paronai

Alepisaurus paronai
Temporal range: Middle Miocene
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Alepisauridae
Genus: Alepisaurus
Species: A. paronai
Binomial name
Alepisaurus paronai
d'Erasmo, 1923[1]

Alepisaurus paronai is an extinct species of lancetfish known from a fossil skull found in Middle Miocene-aged strata in Piedmont, Italy. The skull is very similar in anatomy and dimensions to that of the extant long-snouted lancetfish.[1] The specific name honors one Professor Carlo Fabrizio Parona, a friend and personal mentor of its describer, Geremia d'Erasmo.[1]

See also

Other notable extinct Cenozoic aulopiforms include:

References

  1. 1 2 3 d'Erasmo, G., 1924. Ittiolili miocenici di Rosignano-PicmoiiU: c di Vignalc (Museo geologico della R. Universita de Torino) Mem. Catlta Geul. Hal. Roma 9 Pt. II, 37 pp, with 4 pis.
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