Pseudovomer
Pseudovomer minutus is an extinct species of prehistoric, Miocene carangid similar to the modern-day lookdown, Selene vomer, that lived during the Messinian subepoch of what is now Sicily.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Family: | Carangidae |
| Genus: | †Pseudovomer |
| Species: | †P. minutus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Pseudovomer minutus Sauvage, 1870 | |
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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