Biology:Aktaua

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Short description: Extinct genus of Sawfish


Aktaua
Temporal range: Lutetian
Scientific classification
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Animalia
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Chondrichthyes
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Genus:
Aktaua

Case et al., 1996

Aktaua is an extinct genus of sawfish from the Lutetian stage of the Eocene epoch.[1][2] It is currently known from a single species, A. kizylkumensis. It is found in the White Mountain Formation of Uzbekistan. The species was named for the Kizylkum Desert, in which it was found. The genus name is derived from the Uzbek word for "white," in reference to the formation it was found in.[3]

References

  1. "Fossilworks: Aktaua". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=86152. 
  2. "Aktaua". https://www.mindat.org/taxon-P86152.html. 
  3. Case, G. R., Udovichenko, N. I., Nessov, L. A., Averianov, A. O., & Borodin, P. D. (1996). A middle Eocene selachian fauna from the White Mountain Formation of the Kizylkum Desert, Uzbekistan, CIS. PALAEONTOGRAPHICA ABTEILUNG A-STUTTGART-, 242, 99–126.

Wikidata ☰ Q99775270 entry