Palaeogadus

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Palaeogadus
Temporal range: Early Oligocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Merlucciidae
Genus: Palaeogadus
Von Rath 1859

Palaeogadus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish. [1] [2] It was a nektonic carnivore found in coastal and estuarine marine environments, with fossils found from the Oligocene to Miocene at sites in Denmark, Germany, Poland, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. [2]

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References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. 1 2 "Palaeogadus Von Rath 1859 (ray-finned fish)". Fossilworks . Retrieved 6 July 2023from the Paleobiology Database.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)