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Proaracana

Proaracana
Temporal range: Early- Middle Eocene
Proaracana dubia.jpg
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
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.


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