Archaeomaene
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Archaeomaene Temporal range: Tithonian, ~ | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Family: | †Archaeomaenidae |
Genus: | †Archaeomaene Woodward, 1895 |
Species: | †A. tenuis |
Binomial name | |
†Archaeomaene tenuis Woodward, 1895 | |
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Archaeomaene is an extinct genus of freshwater ray-finned fish that lived in what is now Australia during the Late Jurassic (Tithonian age). It is a monotypic genus, containing only the species Archaeomaene tenuis, which is known from the Talbragar River beds of New South Wales.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bean, L. B. (2021). "Revision of the Mesozoic freshwater fish clade Archaeomaenidae". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 45 (2): 217–259. doi:10.1080/03115518.2021.1937700. S2CID 237518065.