Nardorex

Nardorex; Temporal range: Campanian to Maastrichtian
	Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Aulopiformes; Rosen, 1973
Suborder:	incertae sedis
Family:	Nardorexidae
Genus:	Nardorex
Species:	N. zorzini
Binomial name
	Nardorex zorzini; Taverne, 2004

Nardorex zorzini is an extinct nektonic predatory aulopiformid fish from Late Cretaceous Italy.[1]

Description

Nardorex zorzini is a superficially mackerel-like animal whose overall anatomy places it within the order Aulopiformes. However, the details of its osteology make its placement within Aulopiformes problematic.

Distribution

Specimens of N. zorzini are found in Campanian to Maastrichtian-aged marine strata of Nardo, Italy.

References

Taverne, L. "Les poissons crétacés de Nardò. 19. Nardorex zorzoni gen. et sp. nov.(Teleostei, Aulopiformes, Alepisauroidei)." Bollet. Mus. Civ. Stor. Natu. Ver. Geolo. Paleon. Preist 28 (2004): 29-40.

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[taverne-1] Taverne, L. "Les poissons crétacés de Nardò. 19. Nardorex zorzoni gen. et sp. nov.(Teleostei, Aulopiformes, Alepisauroidei)." Bollet. Mus. Civ. Stor. Natu. Ver. Geolo. Paleon. Preist 28 (2004): 29-40.