Oligolactoria

Oligolactoria bubiki is an extinct prehistoric boxfish that lived during the Rupelian epoch from the Middle Oligocene of Moravia, Czech Republic.[1]

Oligolactoria
Temporal range: Early Oligocene[1]
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Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Tetraodontiformes
Family:
Ostraciidae
Genus:
Oligolactoria

Tyler & Gregorova, 1991
Species:
O. bubiki
Binomial name
Oligolactoria bubiki
Tyler & Gregorova, 1991

In life, it would have strongly resembled a modern cowfish (genus Lactoria).

See also
  • Eolactoria
  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References
  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.


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