Biology:Abadzekhia

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes

Abadzekhia
Temporal range: Early to Late Oligocene[1]
Abadzekhia marinae.jpg
Restoration of A. marinae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Gempylidae
Genus: Abadzekhia
Bannikov, 1985
Type species
Abadzekhia marinae
Bannikov, 1985
Species[2]
  • Abadzekhia tarletskovi Bannikov, 2005

Abadzekhia is an extinct genus of prehistoric snake mackerel that lived from the early to late Oligocene epoch in what is now the Caucasus Mountains of Southern Russia.[1]

See also

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-02-27. 
  2. Abadzekhia at fossilworks.org (retrieved 2 December 2022)

Wikidata ☰ Q4663234 entry