Prototroctes modestus
Extinct species of fish
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Prototroctes modestus is an extinct species of bony fish in the family Retropinnidae. It existed in what is now New Zealand in the early Miocene epoch. It was described by Werner Schwarzhans, R. Paul Scofield, Alan J. D. Tennyson, Jennifer P. Worthy and Trevor H. Worthy in 2012.[1]
| Prototroctes modestus Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osmeriformes |
| Family: | Retropinnidae |
| Genus: | Prototroctes |
| Species: | †P. modestus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Prototroctes modestus Schwarzhans et al., 2012 | |
