Palaeopomacentrus

Palaeopomacentrus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Pomacentridae
Genus: †
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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Palaeopomacentrus orphae at Fossilworks


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