Biology:Iraniplectus
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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes
Iraniplectus Temporal range: Rupelian
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Superfamily: | Tetraodontoidea
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Family: | Zignoichthydae
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Genus: | †Iraniplectus Tyler, Mirzaie & Nazemi 2006
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Species: | Iraniplectus bakhtiari
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Iraniplectus bakhtiari Tyler, Mirzaie & Nazemi 2006
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Iraniplectus bakhtiari is an extinct relative of modern-day pufferfish and porcupine fish from the Middle Oligocene of Iran. It is closely related to the Eocene Zignoichthys.
References
Wikidata ☰ Q20679051 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraniplectus.
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