†Platinx Agassiz 1835 (herring)
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Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1835. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome IV (4me livraison) 33-52
Parent taxon: Chirocentridae according to A. S. Woodward 1901
See also Agassiz 1835, Bannikov 2014, Carnevale et al. 2014 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Chirocentrus, Spathodactylus
Subtaxa: Platinx elongatus Platinx gigas Platinx macropterus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (1 collection), Turkmenistan (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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