词条 | Mene purdyi |
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| name = Mene purdyi | image =Mene_purdyi.jpg | image_caption = M. maculata (top) and M. purdyi | fossil_range = Late Thanetian ~{{fossil range|58.7|55.8}} | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Actinopterygii | ordo = Perciformes | familia = Menidae | genus = Mene | species = M. purdyi | binomial = Mene purdyi | binomial_authority = 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 {{convert|40|cm|in}} in life. The living species, M. maculata, by comparison, grows to an average length of {{convert|18|cm|in}}. References{{Portal|Paleontology|Fish|Prehistory of South America}}
7 : Menidae|Paleocene fish|Thanetian life|Prehistoric fish of South America|Paleogene Peru|Fossils of Peru|Fossil taxa described in 2005 |
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