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  • Mallotus villosus O. F. Müller, 1776

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    Taxonomy

    Capelin

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Actinopterygii
    Order: Osmeriformes
    Family: Osmeridae
    Genus: Mallotus
    Species: Mallotus villosus
    Author Citation O. F. Müller, 1776

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Quaternary
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Pleistocene

    Stratigraphy

    Pleistocene sediments

    Provenance

    Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

    Location

    Champlain Sea Clay, Green Creek
    Orléans
    Ontario
    Canada

    Comments

    The Capelin (Mallotus villosus) is a recent fish found in the North Atlantic, North Pacific and Arctic Oceans.

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    FossilDAWG

    Nice Mallotus.  Note that the name is misspelled on the taxonomy page.

     

    Don

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    oilshale

    Thanks for pointing this out.

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