Contemptor
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| Contemptor | |
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| Restoration of Contemptor mastinoi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Gempylidae |
| Genus: | †Contemptor Calzoni, Giusberti & Carnevale, 2026 |
| Species: | †C. mastinoi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Contemptor mastinoi Calzoni, Giusberti & Carnevale, 2026 | |
Contemptor is an extinct genus of scombrid fish that belongs to the family Gempylidae (snake mackerels). It lived during the Eocene epoch (Ypresian age) in Northern Italy. The genus currently contains only one species, Contemptor mastinoi.[1]
Like all gempylids, it has an elongated and compressed slightly fusiform body shape. It has small conical teeth. It had a length of around 81.5–84.4 mm.[1]