Prototroctes vertex

Prototroctes vertex
Temporal range: Early Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osmeriformes
Family: Retropinnidae
Genus: Prototroctes
Species:
P. vertex
Binomial name
Prototroctes vertex
Schwarzhaus et al., 2012

Prototroctes vertex is an extinct species of bony fish in the genus Prototroctes. It existed in what is now New Zealand in the early Miocene epoch. It was described by Werner Schwarzhans, R. Paul Scofield, Alan J. D. Tennyson, Jennifer P. Worthy and Trevor H. Worthy in 2012.[1]

References

  1. ^ Werner Schwarzhans; R. Paul Scofield; Alan J. D. Tennyson; Jennifer P. Worthy; Trevor H. Worthy (2012). "Fish remains, mostly otoliths, from the non-marine early Miocene of Otago, New Zealand". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 57 (2): 319–350. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0127. hdl:2440/75818.