Lepidocottus
Extinct genus of fishes
| Lepidocottus Temporal range: Upper Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Eleotridae |
| Genus: | Lepidocottus Sauvage, 1875 |
| Type species | |
| Lepidocottus aries Sauvage, 1875 | |
Lepidocottus is a genus of goby that lived in what is now southern France in the uppermost Oligocene, 24 to 23 million years ago.[1]
References
- ^ Gierl C, Reichenbacher B, Gaudant J, Erpenbeck D, Pharisat A (2013). "An Extraordinary Gobioid Fish Fossil from Southern France". PLOS ONE. 8 (5): e64117. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064117. PMC 3655028. PMID 23691158. e64117.
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