Protautoga

Extinct genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Protautoga is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish, that lived in the Middle Miocene.[1] Fossils have been found in the Paraná Formation of Argentina and the Calvert Formation of Virginia, USA.[2]

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Protautoga
Temporal range: Mid Miocene
~13.65–11.6 Ma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Protautoga
Leidy 1873
Species
  • P. conidens Leidy 1873 (type)
  • P. longidens Alessandri 1896
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