Coelorinchus balushkini

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Coelorinchus balushkini
Temporal range: Ypresian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Genus: Coelorinchus
Species:
C. balushkini
Binomial name
Coelorinchus balushkini
Schwarzhans et. al., 2017

Coelorinchus balushkini is an extinct species of Coelorinchus that lived during the Ypresian stage of the Palaeogene period.

Distribution

Otolith [[fossil]s] of C. balushkini are known from the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica. [1]

References

  1. Schwarzhans, Werner; Mörs, Thomas; Engelbrecht, Andrea; Reguero, Marcelo; Kriwet, Jürgen (1 February 2017). "Before the freeze: otoliths from the Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctica, reveal dominance of gadiform fishes (Teleostei)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology . 15 (2): 147–170. doi:10.1080/14772019.2016.1151958. ISSN   1477-2019. PMC   5221741 . PMID   28077930 . Retrieved 26 April 2025 via Taylor and Francis Online.