Turkmene
Extinct genus of fishes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Turkmene finitimus is an extinct lamprid from the Danata Formation Lagerstatten, of the Upper Paleocene of Turkmenistan. It lived sympatrically with its close relative, Danatinia.
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Turkmene Temporal range: Thanetian | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Lampriformes |
Family: | †Turkmenidae |
Genus: | †Turkmene Daniltshenko, 1968 |
Species: | †T. finitimus |
Binomial name | |
†Turkmene finitimus Daniltshenko, 1968 | |
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In life, T. finitimus would have resembled a spadefish with beak-like lips, or a very small opah (its closest living relative) with a bulging forehead.