Eotetraodon

Eotetraodon
Temporal range: Lutetian[1]
Reconstruction of E. pygmaeus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontidae
Genus: Eotetraodon
Tyler, 1980
Type species
Eotetraodon pygmaeus
Zigno, 1887
Species
  • E. gornylutshensis
  • E. pygmaeus
  • E. tavernei

Eotetraodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric pufferfish that lived during the Lutetian epoch of middle Eocene.[1] Fossil specimens are from the Monte Bolca lagerstatten (E. pygmaeus), and the Kuma Horizon of the Gorny Luch locality, from the North Caucasus (E. gornylutshensis).[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ Bannikov, A. F.; Tyler, J. C. (2008). "A new species of the pufferfish Eotetraodon (Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae) from the Eocene of the Northern Caucasus". Paleontological Journal. 42 (5): 526–530. Bibcode:2008PalJ...42..526B. doi:10.1134/S0031030108050080. S2CID 84830626.