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Abadzekhia

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Extinct genus of fishes

Abadzekhia
Temporal range: Early Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Restoration of A. marinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Gempylidae
Genus: †Abadzekhia
Bannikov, 1985
Type species
Abadzekhia marinae
Bannikov, 1985
Other species
  • Abadzekhia tarletskovi Bannikov, 2005

Abadzekhia is an extinct genus of prehistoric snake mackerel that lived from the early Oligocene epoch in what is now the Caucasus Mountains of Southern Russia. Fossils of this genus have also been found in Germany.

See also

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. "Abadzekhia". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  3. ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
Taxon identifiers
Abadzekhia


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