Coelorinchus nordenskjoeldi

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

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

Distribution

Otolith fossils of C. nordenskjoeldi 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.