Mylopharyngodon
Appearance
Mylopharyngodon Temporal range: Middle Miocene - Recent
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Squaliobarbinae |
Genus: | Mylopharyngodon W. K. H. Peters, 1881 |
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Mylopharyngodon is a genus of fish belongs to the family Cyprinidae, it contains two species: the living black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) and the fossil species Mylopharyngodon wui from the Middle Miocene of China.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Ping Chen; Gloria Arratia (2010). "Oldest known Mylopharyngodon (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Mongolian Plateau and its biogeographical implications based on ecological niche modeling". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (2): 333–340. Bibcode:2010JVPal..30..333C. doi:10.1080/02724631003620930. S2CID 84735323.