Oligolactoria
Oligolactoria Temporal range:
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Genus: | Oligolactoria Tyler & Gregorova, 1991
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Species: | O. bubiki
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Oligolactoria bubiki Tyler & Gregorova, 1991
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Oligolactoria bubiki is an extinct prehistoric boxfish that lived during the Rupelian epoch from the Middle Oligocene of Moravia, Czech Republic.[1]
In life, it would have strongly resembled a modern cowfish (genus Lactoria).
See also[]
- Eolactoria
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References[]
- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
Categories:
- Oligocene fish
- Ostraciidae
- Paleogene fish of Europe
- Fossil taxa described in 1991
- Prehistoric ray-finned fish stubs
- Tetraodontiformes stubs