Turkmenidae

Taxobox
name = Turkmenidae
fossil_range= Thanetian to Late Oligocene


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Lampriformes
familia = Turkmenidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
* "Turkmene"
* "Danatinia"
* "Analectis"Turkmenidae is an extinct family of lamprids from the Paleogene of Turkmenistan. 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 Lagerstatten of Turkmenistan. "Analectis" is found in Late Oligocene strata elsewhere in Turkmenistan. After "Analectis", Turkmenidae disappears from the fossil record.

References

* [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=249203] "The first fossil ribbonfish (Teleostei, Lampridiformes, Trachipteridae)"

External Links

* Mikko's Phylogeny Archive "Lampridiformes" [http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/actinopterygii/lampridiformes.html]