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Proaracana

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Proaracana
Temporal range: Early- Middle Eocene[1]
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Aracanidae
Genus: Proaracana
Le Danois, 1961
Species:
P. dubia
Binomial name
Proaracana dubia
(Blainville, 1818)
Synonyms
  • Ostracion sp.
  • Ostracion dubius (Blainville, 1818)

Proaracana dubia is an extinct, prehistoric aracanid boxfish that lived during the Lutetian of middle Eocene Monte Bolca.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.