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Glossanodon

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Glossanodon
Temporal range: Early Eocene-Recent
~48.6–0 Ma
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Glossanodon

Species

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Synonyms
  • Proargentina Danil'chenko 1960

Glossanodon is a genus of herring smelts.

Extant species

There are currently 15 recognized extant species in this genus:[1][2]

Fossil species

From the fossil record, two species are known, originally described as Proargentina inclinata (Danilt'chenko 1960) and P. nebulosa (Danilt'chenko 1962) from the Early Oligocene and Early Eocene Dabakhana Svita Formation of Georgia respectively.[3][4] Jerzmanska assigned Proargentina synonymous with Glossanodon in 1968.[5]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Glossanodon". FishBase. February 2012 version.
  2. ^ a b Endo, H. & Nashida, K. (2012): Glossanodon microcephalus, a New Argentine Fish from Japan and the South China Sea (Protacanthopterygii: Argentinidae). Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 6: 17–26.
  3. ^ Proargentina inclinata at Fossilworks.org
  4. ^ Proargentina nebulosa at Fossilworks.org
  5. ^ Constantin, 1999, p.124

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