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Turkmene

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Turkmene
Temporal range: Thanetian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lampriformes
Family: Turkmenidae
Genus: Turkmene
Daniltshenko, 1968
Species:
T. finitimus
Binomial name
Turkmene finitimus
Daniltshenko, 1968

Turkmene finitimus is an extinct lamprid from the Danata Formation Lagerstatten, of the Upper Paleocene of Turkmenistan. It lived sympatrically with its close relative, Danatinia.

In life, T. finitimus would have resembled a spadefish with beak-like lips, or a very small opah (its closest living relative) with a bulging forehead.

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