Protautoga

Protautoga
Temporal range: Mid Miocene
~13.65–11.6 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: †Protautoga
Leidy 1873
Species
  • P. conidens Leidy 1873 (type)
  • P. longidens Alessandri 1896

Protautoga is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish, that lived in the Middle Miocene. Fossils have been found in the Paraná Formation of Argentina and the Calvert Formation of Virginia, USA.

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References

  1. ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ↑ Protautoga at Fossilworks.org