Tunita

Tunita
Temporal range: Upper Miocene[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes[2]
Family: Scombridae
Genus: Tunita
Type species
Tunita octavia
Species
  • T. octavia
  • T. sp

Tunita is an extinct genus of prehistoric mackerel that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch of Southern California.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. Perciformes - Paleobiology Database
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