Biology:Protautoga

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes


Protautoga
Temporal range: Mid Miocene
~13.65–11.6 Ma
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Animalia
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Protautoga

Leidy 1873
Species
  • P. conidens Leidy 1873 (type)
  • P. longidens Alessandri 1896

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

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7251197 entry