Acanthonemus
Extinct genus of fishes
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Acanthonemus (from Greek: ἄκανθα akantha, 'spine' and Greek: νεμω nemo 'to distribute' or 'covered')[2] is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived from the early Eocene.[1][3] It contains a single species, A. subaureus (synonyms: A. bertrandi Agassiz, 1834, A. filamentosus Agassiz, 1834), known from the famous Monte Bolca site in Italy. It is the only genus in the extinct family Acanthonemidae.[4]
| Acanthonemus Temporal range: | |
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| Fossil of A. subaureus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Suborder: | Acanthuroidei |
| Family: | †Acanthonemidae Bannikov, 1991 |
| Genus: | †Acanthonemus Agassiz, 1833 |
| Species: | †A. subaureus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Acanthonemus subaureus (de Blainville, 1818) | |
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