Biology:Asarotus
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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes
| Asarotus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Order: | Asarotiformes
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| Family: | Asarotidae
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| Genus: | Asarotus
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| Type species | |
| Asarotus arcanus Schaeffer, 1968
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Asarotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish from Niobrara Formation, during the Campanian.[1] Type species, A. arcanus is only known from poorly preserved single specimen, which makes hard to classify existing orders of Cretaceous actinopterygians.
References
- ↑ Schaeffer, Bobb (1968). A new actinopterygian fish from the Cretaceous of North America. American Museum of Natural History Library. New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/18224998.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q4803616 entry
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