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Acanthonemus (from Greek: ἄκανθα akantha, 'spine' and Greek: νεμω nemo 'to distribute' or 'covered')[3] is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.[1]
Species
- Acanthonemus filamentosus Agassiz 1835
See also
References
- 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
- ↑ "Acanthonemus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
- ↑ Roberts, George (1839). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 2. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
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