Abadzekhia
Abadzekhia is an extinct genus of prehistoric snake mackerel that lived from the early Oligocene epoch in what is now the Caucasus Mountains of Southern Russia.[3] Fossils of this genus have also been found in Germany.[3]
| Abadzekhia Temporal range: | |
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| Restoration of A. marinae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Gempylidae |
| Genus: | †Abadzekhia Bannikov, 1985 |
| Type species | |
| Abadzekhia marinae Bannikov, 1985 | |
| Species[2] | |
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References
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- "Abadzekhia". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
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