Biology:Holosteus

Short description: Extinct genus of fishes

Holosteus Temporal range: Ypresian-Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Alepisauriformes
Family:	Paralepididae
Subfamily:	Holosteinae
Genus:	Holosteus

Holosteus (meaning "complete skeleton") is a genus of prehistoric barracudina found in Eocene and Oligocene-aged marine strata.

References

http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35570&is_real_user=1

Wikidata ☰ Q5884344 entry