Ductor

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Ductor
Temporal range: Early- Middle Eocene[1]
Ductor vestenae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Order:
Family:
Ductoridae
Genus:
Ductor
Species
  • D. leptosomus
  • D. vestenae

Ductor is an extinct genus of prehistoric

ray-finned fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.[1] Fossils are found in Monte Bolca
.

In life, species of Ductor would have resembled pilot fish, though, they are more closely related to the jackfish. Some experts place Ductor into its own family, "Ductoridae," while others place the genus within the closely related Carangidae.

See also

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.


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