Aluvarus

Aluvarus praeimperialis is an extinct bony fish, known from two headless fossil specimens found in the Elam Formation, a Lower Oligocene stratum from the Rupelian epoch, of what is now Iran. A. praeimperialis was originally thought to be a luvar, described as "Luvarus praeimperialis," as it was thought to be a predecessor to the modern luvar. A later reexamination of the specimens showed that they were too incomplete to demonstrate such a conclusion, and were renamed "Aluvarus," meaning "Not" or "Different than Luvar."

Aluvarus
Temporal range: Rupelian
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Aluvarus
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A. praeimperialis
Binomial name
Aluvarus praeimperialis
(Arambourg), 1967
Synonyms
  • Luvarus praeimperialis (Arambourg), 1967

See also

References

    Bannikov, A, Tyler, J: "Phylogenetic Revision of the Fish Families Luvaridae and †Kushlukiidae (Acanthuroidei), with a New Genus and Two New Species of Eocene Luvarids"


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