Dapalis macrurus

Dapalis macrurus
Temporal range: Early Oligocene
Dapalis macrurus from Provence (France)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Mugiliformes
Family: Ambassidae
Genus: †Dapalis
Species:
†D. macrurus
Binomial name
†Dapalis macrurus
(Agassiz 1834)

Dapalis macrurus is an extinct species of prehistoric ray-finned fish. The only known site where it was found is the region around Céreste in the French Département Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, south-west France. Dapalis macrurus was common in some pits, together with plant-fossils and some other fish-remains. Size was between 3 and 20 cm

Description

Distribution

Fossils of this species have been found in the Oligocene of France.

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