Proaracana

Proaracana dubia is an extinct, prehistoric aracanid boxfish that lived during the Lutetian of middle Eocene Monte Bolca.[1]

Proaracana
Temporal range: Early- Middle Eocene[1]
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Tetraodontiformes
Family:
Aracanidae
Genus:
Proaracana

Le Danois, 1961
Species:
P. dubia
Binomial name
Proaracana dubia
(Blainville, 1818)
Synonyms
  • Ostracion sp.
  • Ostracion dubius (Blainville, 1818)

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. 363: 1โ€“560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.


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