Abadzekhia Temporal range:
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Restoration of A. marinae | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scombriformes |
Family: | Gempylidae |
Genus: | †
Abadzekhia Bannikov, 1985 |
Type species | |
Abadzekhia marinae Bannikov, 1985
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Species [2] | |
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Abadzekhia is an extinct genus of prehistoric snake mackerel that lived from the early Oligocene epoch in what is now the Caucasus Mountains of Southern Russia. [3] Fossils of this genus have also been found in Germany. [3]