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Trachurus sp.
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By oilshale (edited)
Taxonomy
Jack mackerel
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
Order: Perciformes
Family: Carangidae
Genus: Trachurus
Species: Trachurus sp.
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Neogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Pliocene
International Age: Zanclean - Piacenzian
Stratigraphy
"Formazione delle Argille Azzurre" Formation
Marne, argille e tripoli di Corpolò (TCO) Member
Provenance
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Location
Fiume Marecchia
Poggio Berni near Rimini
Emilia-Romagna
Italy
Comments
Might be Trachurus trachurus Linnaeus. 1758
Picture of Atlantik horse mackerel taken from Wikipedia, own work of Kare Kare
References:
SORBINI, Lorenzo (1987) BIOGEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATOLOGY OF PLIOCENE AND MESSINIAN FOSSIL FISH OF EASTERN-CENTRAL ITALY. Boll. Mus. Civ. St. Nat. Verona", 14, pp. 1-85
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