''Mola pileata'' is an extinct
species
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of
sunfish that lived during the
Middle and Late Miocene periods. The
type specimen
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was found near
Brussels
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.
See also
* ''
Austromola angerhoferi''
* ''
Eomola bimaxillaria''
References
pileata
Fossil taxa described in 1881
Miocene fish
Neogene fish
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