Protautoga

Protautoga; Temporal range: Mid Miocene; ~13.65–11.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes[1]
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Protautoga; Leidy 1873
Species
	P. conidens Leidy 1873 (type); P. longidens Alessandri 1896;

Protautoga is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish, that lived in the Middle Miocene.[2] Fossils have been found in the Paraná Formation of Argentina and the Calvert Formation of Virginia.[3]

References

Perciformes - Paleobiology Database
Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
Protautoga at Fossilworks.org

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