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Glossanodon

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Glossanodon
Temporal range: Early Eocene-Recent
~48.6–0 Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Argentiniformes
Family: Argentinidae
Genus: Glossanodon
Guichenot 1867
Species

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Synonyms
  • Proargentina Danil'chenko 1960

Glossanodon is a genus of fishes in the family Argentinidae.

Extant species

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

Fossil species

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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

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  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

Bibliography

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