Mene purdyi
Mene purdyi | |
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M. maculata (top) and M. purdyi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Menidae |
Genus: | Mene |
Species: | M. purdyi |
Binomial name | |
Mene purdyi Friedman & Johnson, 2005 | |
Mene purdyi an extinct perciform species of fish in the genus Mene, from Late Thanetian-aged marine deposits in northern Peru. M. purdyi is currently known only from a single skull and a few post-cranial bones. M. purdyi is among the largest, if not the largest, members of the genus, as the skull suggests that it would have been over 40 centimetres (16 in) in life. The living species, M. maculata, by comparison, grows to an average length of 18 centimetres (7.1 in).
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