Achrestogrammus

Achrestogrammus
Temporal range: Late Miocene (Tortonian),
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Cottoidei
Family: Hexagrammidae
Genus: †
Jordan, 1921
Species:
†A. achrestus
Binomial name
†Achrestogrammus achrestus
(Jordan and Gilbert, 1919)

Achrestogrammus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch of California. It contains a single species, A. achrestus, known from diatomite deposits of the Monterey Formation.[1] Although known from only an incomplete specimen, it is thought to be an early greenling.[2][3]

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References

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ Nazarkin, Mikhail Valerievich (1997). "A New Genus and Species of Greenling (Hexagrammidae) from the Miocene of Sakhalin Island". Journal of Ichthyology. 37 (1): 5–13.
  3. ^ California Academy of Sciences (1890). Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)


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