Danatinia
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Danatinia casca is an extinct lamprid from Danata Formation Lagerstatten, of the Upper Paleocene of Turkmenistan. It was first named by Daniltshenko in 1968.
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Danatinia Temporal range: Thanetian | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Lampriformes |
Family: | †Turkmenidae |
Genus: | †Danatinia Daniltshenko, 1968 |
Species: | †D. casca |
Binomial name | |
†Danatinia casca Daniltshenko, 1968 | |
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D. casca was sympatric with its close relative, Turkmene. In life, it would have resembled a very small opah.