Mylopharodon hagermanensis

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Mylopharodon hagermanensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Genus: Mylopharodon
Species:
M. hagermanensis
Binomial name
Mylopharodon hagermanensis
Uyeno, 1961

Mylopharodon hagermanensis is an extinct species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the family which includes the chubs, daces, Eurasian minnows and related species. This Pliocene species is found in the Hagerman Fossil Beds of the Glenns Ferry Formation. [1]

References

  1. Smith, Gerald R.; Kimmel, P. G. (1975). "Fishes of the Pliocene Glenns Ferry Formation, Southwest Idaho; Fishes of the Miocene - Pliocene Deer Butte Formation, Southeast Oregon Claude W. Hibbard Memorial Volume V". Papers on Paleontology (14): 1–87.