Abadzekhia

Abadzekhia is an extinct genus of prehistoric snake mackerel that lived from the early to late Oligocene epoch in what is now the Caucasus Mountains of Southern Russia.[1]

Abadzekhia
Temporal range:
Restoration of A. marinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Gempylidae
Genus: Abadzekhia
Bannikov, 1985
Type species
Abadzekhia marinae
Bannikov, 1985
Species[2]
  • Abadzekhia tarletskovi Bannikov, 2005

See also

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. "Abadzekhia". Fossilworks. Retrieved 2 December 2022 from the Paleobiology Database.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)


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