Danatinia
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Danatinia Temporal range: Thanetian |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lampriformes |
| Family: | Turkmenidae |
| Genus: | Danatinia |
| Species: | D. casca |
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, it would have resembled a very small opah.
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