Aramichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine scombrid fish that lived during the middle division of the Eocene epoch.[1][2] It contains a single species, A. dammeseki from Syria.[3][4]
Aramichthys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scombriformes |
Family: | Scombridae |
Genus: | †Aramichthys Signeux, 1959 |
Species: | †A. dammeseki
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Binomial name | |
†Aramichthys dammeseki Signeux, 1959
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References
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- ^ Zouhri, Samir; Gingerich, Philip D.; Khalloufi, Bouziane; Bourdon, Estelle; Adnet, Sylvain; Jouve, Stéphane; Elboudali, Najia; Amane, Ayoub; Rage, Jean-Claude; Tabuce, Rodolphe; Broin, France De Lapparent De (2021). "Middle Eocene vertebrate fauna from the Aridal Formation, Sabkha of Gueran, southwestern Morocco". Geodiversitas. 43 (5): 121–150. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a5. ISSN 1280-9659.