Biology:Paralogoniscus

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes


Paralogoniscus
Temporal range: Cisuralian[1]
Scientific classification
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Animalia
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Paralogoniscus

Kazantseva-Selezneva, 1981
Binomial name
Paralogoniscus lautus
Kazantseva-Selezneva, 1981

Paralogoniscus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cisuralian (early Permian) epoch in what is now East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan.[2][1] It could reach body lengths of up to ca. 50 cm (20 in).

See also

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. PMID 25431138. 
  2. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-04-24. 

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