Caprovesposus

Caprovesposus parvus is an extinct, prehistoric surgeonfish from what is now the Caucasus Mountains. Its very small fossils (up to 3 centimeters in length) are thought to represent a pelagic larval or juvenile stage.[1] The adult form is, as yet, unknown.

Caprovesposus
Temporal range: Oligocene to Miocene
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Caprovesposus

Danil'chenko, 1960
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C. parvus
Binomial name
Caprovesposus parvus
Danil'chenko, 1960

See also

References

  1. Bannikov, A. F.; Tyler (1992). "Caprovesposus from the Oligocene of Russia: the pelagic acronurus presettlement stage of a surgeonfish (Teleostei: Acanthuridae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 105 (4).


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