Acanthonemus

Acanthonemus
Temporal range: Early- Middle Eocene[1]
Fossil of Acanthonemus filamentosus
Illustration from Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle. Atlas (1849)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scombridae[2]
Genus: Acanthonemus

Acanthonemus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.[1]

Species

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
  2. "Acanthonemus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2016-07-05.


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