Turkmene
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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.
Lampriformes
Lampriformes is an order of ray-finned fish. They are collectively called "lamprids" or lampriforms, and unite such open-ocean and partially deep-sea Teleostei as the crestfishes, oarfish, opahs and ribbonfishes...
from the Danata Formation Lagerstatten, of the Upper Paleocene
Paleocene
The Paleocene or Palaeocene, the "early recent", is a geologic epoch that lasted from about . It is the first epoch of the Palaeogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era...
of Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states...
. It lived sympatrically with its close relative, Danatinia
Danatinia
Danatinia casca is an extinct lamprid from Danata Formation Lagerstatten, of the Upper Paleocene of Turkmenistan. It was first named by Daniltshenko in 1968.D. casca was sympatric with its close relative, Turkmene...
.
In life, T. finitimus would have resembled a spadefish with beak-like lips, or a very small opah
Opah
Opah are large, colorful, deep-bodied pelagic Lampriform fish comprising the small family Lampridae . There are only two living species in a single genus: Lampris...
(its closest living relative) with a bulging forehead.
External links
- Turkmene at the Paleobiology DatabasePaleobiology Database' is an online resource for information on the distribution and classification of fossil animals, plants, and microorganisms.-History:The Paleobiology Database was founded in 2000. It has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Australian Research Council...
- The first fossil ribbonfish (Teleostei, Lampridiformes, Trachipteridae) by Giorgio Carnevale, Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Pisa, Italy.