Diaphantes

Diaphantes
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Cottoidei
Family: Trichodontidae
Genus: †
Nazarkin & Voskoboinikova, 2000
Species:
†D. tilesii
Binomial name
†Diaphantes tilesii
Nazarkin & Voskoboinikova, 2000

Diaphantes is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Trichodontidae, the sandfishes. Its only species, D. tilesii, was found in the Middle Miocene-aged Agnevo Formation of Sakhalin in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Nazarkin, Mikhail & Voskoboinikova, Olga (2000). "New fossil genus and species of Trichodontidae and the position of this family in the order Perciformes". Journal of Ichthyology. 40 (9): 687–703.
  2. ^ "PBDB Collection". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
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