''Proaracana dubia'' is an extinct, prehistoric
aracanid boxfish that lived during the
Lutetian
The Lutetian is, in the geologic timescale, a stage (stratigraphy), stage or age (geology), age in the Eocene. It spans the time between . The Lutetian is preceded by the Ypresian and is followed by the Bartonian. Together with the Bartonian it ...
of middle
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes ...
Monte Bolca
Monte Bolca is an Ypresian, Early Eocene-aged geologic site located near Verona, Italy, Verona, Italy. A ''Konservat-Lagerstätte'', it contains an extremely well-preserved and diverse marine biota, including the most diverse fish fauna of any Ce ...
.
See also
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Eolactoria
''Eolactoria'' ("dawn '' Lactoria''") is an extinct genus of highly unusual prehistoric boxfish from the Eocene. It contains a single species, ''E. sorbinii'' from the Ypresian-aged Monte Bolca site in Italy.
It had two pairs of long spines, ...
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Prehistoric fish
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Prehistoric fish are early fish that are known only from fossil records. They are the earliest known vertebrates, and include the first and extinct fish that lived through the Cambrian to the Quaternary. The study of prehistoric fish is ...
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List of prehistoric bony fish
This list of prehistoric bony fish is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all Genus, genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be bony fish (class Osteichthyes), excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includ ...
References
Eocene fish
Eocene genus extinctions
Aracanidae
Fossils of Italy
Fossil taxa described in 1961
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