Bathysoma

Bathysoma
Temporal range: Early-Mid Paleocene, 63–59 Ma
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Life restoration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lampriformes
Genus: †Bathysoma
Davis, 1890
Species:
†B. lutkeni
Binomial name
Bathysoma lutkeni
Davis, 1890

Bathysoma lutkeni is an extinct species of lampriform from the Paleocene of Sweden. One specimen is known from a rock from the Lellinge Greensand Formation.

Description

Appearance

B. lutkeni has a deep body and a tube-like head. However, not really much is known about it.

Classification

B. lutkeni was classified as a menid, then became a snake mackerel. However, scientists soon decided to classify it as basal because it looked way too much like a typical turkmenid.

References

  1. ↑ "PBDB".