Analectis
Appearance
Analectis Temporal range: Late Oligocene
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Genus: | Analectis Daniltshenko, 1980
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Species: | A. pala
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Analectis pala is an extinct lamprid of the Family Turkmenidae. Its fossils are found from Late Oligocene strata from what is now Turkmenistan. Analectis, as with the other members of Turkmenidae, was a close relative of the opahs.
References
- [1]"The first fossil ribbonfish (Teleostei, Lampridiformes, Trachipteridae)"
External links
- Mikko's Phylogeny Archive "Lampridiformes" [2]
- Analectis at the Paleobiology Database