Palaeopomacentrus
Palaeopomacentrus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Family: | Pomacentridae |
Genus: | †Palaeopomacentrus |
Species: | †P. orphae |
Binomial name | |
†Palaeopomacentrus orphae Bellwood & Sorbini, 1996 |
Palaeopomacentrus orphae is an extinct species of fish from the Ypresian epoch of Monte Bolca.[1][2] It is the only known species of the genus Palaeopomacentrus.
References
[edit]- ^ Bellwood, David R.; Sorbini, Lorenzo (1996). "A review of the fossil record of the Pomacentridae (Teleostei: Labroidei) with a description of a new genus and species from the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 117 (2): 159–174. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1996.tb02154.x.
- ^ Palaeopomacentrus orphae at Fossilworks