Aluvarus
| Aluvarus Temporal range: Rupelian
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| Genus: | †Aluvarus Bannikov & Tyler, 1995
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| Species: | †A. praeimperialis
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| †Aluvarus praeimperialis (Arambourg), 1967
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Aluvarus praeimperialis is an extinct bony fish, known from two headless fossil specimens found in the Elam Formation, a Lower Oligocene stratum from the Rupelian epoch, of what is now Iran. A. praeimperialis was originally thought to be a luvar, described as "Luvarus praeimperialis", as it was thought to be a predecessor to the modern luvar. A later reexamination of the specimens showed that they were too incomplete to demonstrate such a conclusion, and were renamed "Aluvarus", meaning "Not" or "Different than Luvar".
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References
Bannikov, A, Tyler, J: "Phylogenetic Revision of the Fish Families Luvaridae and †Kushlukiidae (Acanthuroidei), with a New Genus and Two New Species of Eocene Luvarids" [1]
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