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Extinct genus of fishes

Aramichthys
Temporal range: Middle Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Scombridae
Genus: †Aramichthys
Signeux, 1959
Species: †A. dammeseki
Binomial name
†Aramichthys dammeseki
Signeux, 1959

Aramichthys ("Aram fish") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine scombrid fish that lived during the middle division of the Eocene epoch. It contains a single species, A. dammeseki ("of Damascus") from Syria. Its remains were recovered from a chalk-marl quarry in the vicinity of Dummar.

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. ^ Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France); naturelle (France), Muséum national d'histoire (1959). Notes et mémoires sur le Moyen-Orient. Vol. t.7 (1959). Paris: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.
  3. "Scombridae". www.mv.helsinki.fi. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
  4. Zouhri, Samir; Khalloufi, Bouziane; Bourdon, Estelle; Broin, France De Lapparent De; Rage, Jean-Claude; M'haïdrat, Leila; Gingerich, Philip D.; Elboudali, Najia (2018). "Marine vertebrate fauna from the late Eocene Samlat Formation of Ad-Dakhla, southwestern Morocco". Geological Magazine. 155 (7): 1596–1620. doi:10.1017/S0016756817000759. ISSN 0016-7568.
  5. Zouhri, Samir; Gingerich, Philip D.; Khalloufi, Bouziane; Bourdon, Estelle; Adnet, Sylvain; Jouve, Stéphane; Elboudali, Najia; Amane, Ayoub; Rage, Jean-Claude; Tabuce, Rodolphe; Broin, France De Lapparent De (2021). "Middle Eocene vertebrate fauna from the Aridal Formation, Sabkha of Gueran, southwestern Morocco". Geodiversitas. 43 (5): 121–150. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a5. ISSN 1280-9659.
Taxon identifiers
Aramichthys


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