Abadzekhia
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| Abadzekhia Temporal range: | |
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| Restoration of A. marinae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Gempylidae |
| Genus: | †Abadzekhia Bannikov, 1985 |
| Type species | |
| Abadzekhia marinae Bannikov, 1985 | |
| Other species[2] | |
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Abadzekhia is an extinct genus of prehistoric snake mackerel that lived from the early Oligocene epoch in what is now the North Caucasus of Southern Russia.[3] Fossils of this genus have also been found in what is now Germany.[3]
Abadzekhia contains two species: A. marinae is from an indeterminate locality in the North Caucasus of Russia as well as the Rauenberg fossil site of Germany, while A. tarletskovi has been found in the Pshekha Formation of the North Caucasus.[4]
