Protautoga
Extinct genus of fishes
| Protautoga Temporal range: Mid Miocene ~13.65–11.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes[1] |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Protautoga Leidy 1873 |
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Protautoga is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish, that lived in the Middle Miocene.[2] Fossils have been found in the Paraná Formation of Argentina and the Calvert Formation of Virginia.[3]
See also
Fish portal
Paleontology portal
References
- ^ Perciformes - Paleobiology Database
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ Protautoga at Fossilworks.org
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