Sorbiniperca
Appearance
Sorbiniperca scheuchzeri Temporal range: Lutetian
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Zeiformes |
Family: | †Sorbinipercidae |
Genus: | †Sorbiniperca Tyler, 1999 |
Species: | †S. scheuchzeri
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Binomial name | |
†Sorbiniperca scheuchzeri Tyler, 1999
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Sorbiniperca scheuchzeri is an extinct species of zeiid fish from the Eocene of Monte Bolca. It, and its close relative Sorbinicapros, comprise the extinct zeiform family Sorbinipercidae.
References
[edit]- Fishes of the World by Joseph S. Nelson (page 340)
- Exceptional Fossil Preservation by David J. Bottjer, Walter Etter, James W. Hagadorn, and Carol M. Tang (page 377)