Palaeoperca
Extinct genus of fishes
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Palaeoperca is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene. Fossils were found in the Messel pit.[1]
| Palaeoperca Temporal range: | |
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| Palaeoperca proxima fossil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Serranidae |
| Genus: | †Palaeoperca Micklich, 1978 |
