Biology:Paratarpon

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes
Paratarpon skeleton (holotype)

Paratarpon
Temporal range: Campanian[1]
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Elopiformes
Family: Elopidae
Genus: Paratarpon

Paratarpon is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Campanian.[1]

See also

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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 2009-02-27. 

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