Prototetrapturus, Gracia & Correa-Metrio & Carvalho & Velez-Juarbe & P̆rik & & Kri, 2022

Gracia, Carlos De, Correa-Metrio, Alex, Carvalho, Monica, Velez-Juarbe, Jorge, P ̆ rik, Tom ́ a ̆ s, , Carlos Jarami & Kri, nd Jurgen, 2022, Towards a unifying systematic scheme of fossil and living billfishes (Teleostei, Istiophoridae), Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (2091959) 20 (1), pp. 1-36 : 20

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scientific name	Prototetrapturus
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Genus † Prototetrapturus nov.

Type species. † Prototetrapturus courcelli ( Arambourg, 1927) comb. nov.

Diagnosis. As for the species by monotypy.

Derivation of name. The genus name is a combination of the Greek word ‘ protos ’ meaning ‘first’ and the generic name Tetrapturus , thus meaning ‘the first Tetrapturus ’, referring to its relationship to spearfishes.

Occurrence. Late Miocene (Messinian) of Algeria (6.4–5.8 Ma).

References

Arambourg, C. 1927. Les poissons fossiles d' Oran. Mat´eriaux pour la Carte g´eologiques de l' Alg´erie, S´erie 1, Pal´eontologie, 6, 1 - 298.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Order	Perciformes
Family	Istiophoridae

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