Palaeothunnus parvidentatus Bannikov 1978 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Scombriformes - Scombridae

Belongs to Palaeothunnus according to K. A. Monsch and A. F. Bannikov 2011

See also Bannikov 1979 and Danil'chenko 1980

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 3363/20

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Uilya-Kushlyuk (Eocene of Turkmenistan)

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