Zignoichthys
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| Zignoichthys | |
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| File:Zignoichthys oblongus.jpg | |
| Artist's reconstruction | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | †Zignoichthyidae |
| Genus: | †Zignoichthys Tyler, 1975 |
| Species: | †Z. oblongus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Zignoichthys oblongus Tyler, 1975
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Zignoichthys oblongus is an extinct prehistoric relative of the pufferfish and porcupine fish that lived during the Lutetian epoch of the Eocene. Z. oblongus fossils are found from the Monte Bolca lagerstätte of what is now Italy.
It lacked a pelvis, and probably could not inflate its body like its modern-day relatives. In life, it would have resembled a paunchy triggerfish or a pufferfish with an elongated, downturned face.
See also
[edit | edit source]- List of prehistoric bony fish
- Iraniplectus, a close relative from Oligocene Iran
- Eotetraodon, a genus of primitive pufferfish, one species, E. pygmaeus, lived sympatrically with Z. oblongus
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Mikko's Phylogeny Archive entry on "Tetraodontoidea" Archived 2007-08-23 at the Wayback Machine
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