Eotetraodon
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Eotetraodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric puffer fish that lived during the Lutetian epoch of middle Eocene.[1] Fossil specimens are from the Monte Bolca lagerstatten (E. pygmaeus), and the Kuma Horizon of the Gorny Luch locality, from the North Caucasus (E. gornylutshensis).[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
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