Oligolactoria
Oligolactoria bubiki is an extinct prehistoric boxfish that lived during the Rupelian epoch from the Middle Oligocene of Moravia, Czech Republic.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Ostraciidae |
| Genus: | †Oligolactoria Tyler & Gregorova, 1991 |
| Species: | †O. bubiki |
| Binomial name | |
| †Oligolactoria bubiki Tyler & Gregorova, 1991 | |
In life, it would have strongly resembled a modern cowfish (genus Lactoria).
References
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
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