Biology:Austromola

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Short description: Extinct species of ocean sunfish

Austromola
Temporal range: Lower Miocene
Austromola angerhoferi.jpg
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Gregorova et al., 2009
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A. angerhoferi
Binomial name
Austromola angerhoferi
Gregorova et al., 2009

Austromola angerhoferi is an extinct species of ocean sunfish. It is known from the Lower Miocene Ebelsberg Formation near Pucking, Austria. This species was a resident of the Paratethys Sea and is estimated to have reached a length around 320 cm (130 in), and total height around 400 cm (160 in).[1]

References

  1. Gregorova, Ruzena; Schultz, Ortwin; Harzhauser, Mathias; Kroh, Andreas; Ćorić, Stjepan (12 June 2009). "A giant early Miocene sunfish from the North Alpine Foreland Basin (Austria) and its implication for molid phylogeny". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29 (2): 359–371. doi:10.1671/039.029.0201. Bibcode2009JVPal..29..359G. 

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