Aphanius crassicaudus is an extinct species of fish in the family Aphaniidae. It lived in the Late Miocene[1] in brackish and hypersaline lagoons along the northern coast of the Mediterranean Sea.[2][3] Fossils are known from Greece, Italy, and Spain.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Aphaniidae |
| Genus: | Aphanius |
| Species: | †A. crassicaudus
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| †Aphanius crassicaudus Agassiz, 1839
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References
edit- ^ Reichenbacher, Bettina; Kowalke, Thorsten (2009-10-01). "Neogene and present-day zoogeography of killifishes (Aphanius and Aphanolebias) in the Mediterranean and Paratethys areas". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 281 (1–2): 43–56. Bibcode:2009PPP...281...43R. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.07.008. ISSN 0031-0182.
- ^ Chang, Meemann; Wang, Xiaoming; Liu, Huanzhang; Miao, Desui; Zhao, Quanhong; Wu, Guoxuan; Liu, Juan; Li, Qiang; Sun, Zhencheng; Wang, Ning (2008-09-09). "Extraordinarily thick-boned fish linked to the aridification of the Qaidam Basin (northern Tibetan Plateau)". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105 (36): 13246–13251. Bibcode:2008PNAS..10513246C. doi:10.1073/pnas.0805982105. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 2533176. PMID 18757732.
- ^ "Fish otoliths from the Messinian of Strada degli Archi (Tuscany, Italy) – Taxonomy and palaeoecology" (PDF). April 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
- ^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
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