Sparnodus
| Sparnodus Temporal range: Cenozoic | |
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| Sparnodus vulgaris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
| Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Sparidae |
| Genus: | Sparnodus Agassiz 1839 |
Sparnodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish in the family Sparidae. Species of this genus were nektonic carnivore. These fishes lived in the Cenozoic Era, in Oligocene and Paleocene (55.8 to 23.03 Ma).
Species
- Sparnodus altivelis
- Sparnodus elongatus
- Sparnodus macrophthalmus
- Sparnodus micracanthus
- Sparnodus ovalis
- Sparnodus vulgaris
See also
External links
- Sepkoski Database
- Paleobiology database
- Alexandre F. Bannikov - Fishes from the Eocene of Bolca, northern Italy, previously classified in the Sparidae, Serranidae and Haemulidae (Perciformes)
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