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Turkmenidae

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Turkmenidae
Temporal range: Thanetian-Late Oligocene
~58–25 Ma
Turkmene and Danatinia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lampriformes
Family: Turkmenidae
Daniltshenko, 1968
Genera

Turkmenidae is an extinct family of lamprids from the Paleogene of the west-central Asia, in what was formerly the Peri-Tethys Ocean.[1] They were small, disk-shaped fish that bore a strong resemblance to their closest living relatives, the opahs.

Turkmene and Danatinia are found in the Thanetian epoch (of the Paleocene) sections of the Danata Formation of Turkmenistan. Analectis is found in Late Oligocene strata in North Caucasus, Russia. After the extinction of Analectis, Turkmenidae disappears from the fossil record.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ [1]"The first fossil ribbonfish (Teleostei, Lampridiformes, Trachipteridae)"
  2. ^ S.v, Popov; M.a, Akhmetiev; E.m, Bugrova; A.v, Lopatin; O.v, Amitrov; A.s, Andreyeva-Grigorovich; N.i, Zaporozhets; V.v, Zherikhin; V.a, Krasheninnikov; I.a, Nikolaeva; E.k, Sytchevskaya; I.g, Shcherba (2002). "BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHERN PERI-TETHYS FROM THE LATE EOCENE TO THE EARLY MIOCENE: PART 2. EARLY OLIGOCENE". Paleontological Journal. 36. ISSN 0031-0301.
  3. ^ Carnevale, Giorgio (2004). "The first fossil ribbonfish (Teleostei, Lampridiformes, Trachipteridae)" (PDF). Geological Magazine. 141 (5): 573–582. doi:10.1017/S0016756804009598. ISSN 1469-5081.

Further reading

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  • K. A. Monsch and A. F. Bannikov. 2011. New taxonomic synopses and revision of the scombroid fishes (Scombroidei, Perciformes), including billfishes, from the Cenozoic of territories of the former USSR. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 102(4):253-300