Oligolactoria
| Oligolactoria Temporal range: Early Oligocene[1] | |
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| Artist's reconstruction | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
| Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Ostraciidae |
| Genus: | Oligolactoria |
| Species: | O. bubiki |
| Binomial name | |
| Oligolactoria bubiki Tyler 1991 | |
Oligolactoria bubiki is an extinct prehistoric boxfish that lived during the Rupelian epoch from the Middle Oligocene of Moravia, Czech Republic.[1]
In life, it would have strongly resembled a modern cowfish (genus Lactoria).
See also
References
- 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
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