Alepisaurus paronai
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| Alepisaurus paronai Temporal range: Middle Miocene
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A. paronai
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Alepisaurus paronai is an extinct species of lancetfish known from a fossil skull found in Middle Miocene-aged strata in Piedmont, Italy. The skull is very similar in anatomy and dimensions to that of the extant long-snouted lancetfish.[1] The specific name honors one Professor Carlo Fabrizio Parona, a friend and personal mentor of its describer, Geremia d'Erasmo.[1]
See also
Other notable extinct Cenozoic aulopiforms include:
- Argillichthys, a synodontid lizardfish from the Ypresian London Clay
- Polymerichthys, a closely related alepisauroid from Middle Miocene Japan
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