Abadzekhia
| Abadzekhia Temporal range:
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| Restoration of A. marinae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Gempylidae |
| Genus: | †Abadzekhia Bannikov, 1985 |
| Type species | |
| Abadzekhia marinae Bannikov, 1985
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Abadzekhia is an extinct genus of prehistoric snake mackerel that lived from the early Oligocene epoch in what is now the North Caucasus of Southern Russia.[3] Fossils of this genus have also been found in Germany.[3]
It contains two species, A. marinae from an indeterminate locality in the North Caucasus of Russia and the Rauenberg fossil site of Germany, as well as A. tarletskovi from the Pshekha Formation of the North Caucasus.[4]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ 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". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ^ a b "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ Банников, Александр Федорович (2009). Ископаемые колючеперые рыбы (Acanthopterygii): систематика, филогения и роль в кайнозойских ихтиокомплексах Тетиса и Паратетиса (Thesis) (in Russian).
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