Oligolactoria

Oligolactoria Temporal range: Early Oligocene[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Ostraciidae
Genus:	†Oligolactoria Tyler & Gregorova, 1991
Species:	†O. bubiki
Binomial name
†Oligolactoria bubiki Tyler & Gregorova, 1991

Oligolactoria bubiki is an extinct prehistoric boxfish that lived during the Rupelian epoch from the Middle Oligocene of Moravia, Czech Republic.[1]

In life, it would have strongly resembled a modern cowfish (genus Lactoria).

See also

• Eolactoria
• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.