Protautoga

Protautoga Temporal range: Mid Miocene ~13.65–11.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	†Protautoga Leidy 1873
Species
P. conidens Leidy 1873 (type) P. longidens Alessandri 1896

Protautoga is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish, that lived in the Middle Miocene.[1] Fossils have been found in the Paraná Formation of Argentina and the Calvert Formation of Virginia, USA.[2]

See also

• 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.
2. Protautoga at Fossilworks.org