Aramichthys

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Aramichthys
Temporal range: Middle Eocene[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine scombrid fish that lived during the middle division of the Eocene epoch.[1][2] It contains a single species, A. dammeseki from Syria.[3][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ "Scombridae". www.mv.helsinki.fi. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.