Mene oblonga
Mene oblonga | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Carangiformes |
Family: | Menidae |
Genus: | Mene |
Species: | †M. oblonga
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Binomial name | |
†Mene oblonga Agassiz, 1833
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Mene oblonga is a species of ray-finned fish that first appeared in the Monte Bolca Lagerstatten during the Lutetian epoch of the Eocene. For a menid, it has a very shallow body, especially in comparison with the sympatric Mene rhombea. Its fossils are very rare in Monte Bolca. A single fossil from the early Oligocene, referred to as "Mene oblonga var. pusilla," was found in , Italy.
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Categories:
- Menidae
- Eocene fish
- Oligocene fish
- Rupelian species extinctions
- Prehistoric life of Europe
- Prehistoric perciform stubs