- Source: Turkmenidae
Turkmenidae is an extinct family of lamprids from the Paleogene of the west-central Asia, in what was formerly the Peri-Tethys Ocean. They were small, disk-shaped fish that bore a strong resemblance to their closest living relatives, the opahs.
Turkmene and Danatinia are found in the Thanetian epoch (of the Paleocene) sections of the Danata Formation of Turkmenistan. Analectis is found in Late Oligocene strata in North Caucasus, Russia. After the extinction of Analectis, Turkmenidae disappears from the fossil record.
References
Further reading
K. A. Monsch and A. F. Bannikov. 2011. New taxonomic synopses and revision of the scombroid fishes (Scombroidei, Perciformes), including billfishes, from the Cenozoic of territories of the former USSR. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 102(4):253-300
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Ikan opah
- Lampriformes
- Turkmenidae
- Lampriformes
- Opah
- Analectis
- Lamprimorpha
- Danatinia
- Turkmene
- Danata Formation
- Index of Turkmenistan-related articles
