Archaeomaene
Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes
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Archaeomaene is an extinct genus of freshwater ray-finned fish that lived in what is now Australia during the Late Jurassic (Tithonian age). It is a monotypic genus, containing only the species Archaeomaene tenuis, which is known from the Talbragar River beds of New South Wales.[1]
| Archaeomaene Temporal range: Tithonian, ~ | |
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| Fossil specimen of Archaeomaene tenuis (Woodward, 1895) from Talbragar, NSW, Australia | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Family: | †Archaeomaenidae |
| Genus: | †Archaeomaene Woodward, 1895 |
| Species: | †A. tenuis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Archaeomaene tenuis Woodward, 1895 | |
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