Batrachoides gracilentus

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Batrachoides gracilentus
Temporal range: Early Miocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Batrachoidiformes
Family: Batrachoididae
Genus: Batrachoides
Species:
B. gracilentus
Binomial name
Batrachoides gracilentus
Aguilera et. al., 2014

Batrachoides gracilentus is an extinct species of Batrachoides that lived during the Early Miocene.

Distribution

Otolith fossils of Batrachoides gracilentus are known from the Pirabas Formation of Brazil. [1]

References

  1. Aguilera, Orangel; Schwarzhans, Werner; Moraes-Santos, Heloísa; Nepomuceno, Aguinaldo (December 2014). "Before the flood: Miocene otoliths from eastern Amazon Pirabas Formation reveal a Caribbean-type fish fauna". Journal of South American Earth Sciences . 56: 422–446. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2014.09.021 . Retrieved 1 May 2025 via Elsevier Science Direct.