Ranzania grahami

Ranzania grahami
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Molidae
Genus: Ranzania
Species:
†R. grahami
Binomial name
†Ranzania grahami
Weems, 1985

Ranzania grahami is an extinct fossil species of fish, that lived in Middle Miocene, in Calvert Formation, of Virginia state.[1] 10 specimens of R. grahami were found, all in the same location in what is now Virginia.[2] Fossil remains date from the Langhian to the Serravallian.[3]

References

  1. ^ Kazuo Sakamoto, Teruya Uyeno (1994). "Ranzania ogaii, a new Miocene slender mola from Saitama, Japan (Pisces: Tetraodontiformes)". Bulletin of the National Science Museum. Series C. Geology & Paleontology. 20 (3). January, 1999: 109–117. Retrieved 7 October 2024 – via J-Global.
  2. ^ Weems, Robert. "Ranzania grahami". GBIF. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  3. ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2025-02-26.


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