Aulostomus medius
| Aulostomus medius Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Aulostomidae |
| Genus: | Aulostomus |
| Species: | †A. medius
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| Binomial name | |
| †Aulostomus medius Weiler, 1920
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Aulostomus medius is an extinct species of prehistoric trumpetfish known from the Early Oligocene of western Europe, which was covered by the Paratethys at the time. Fossil specimens are known from the Frauenweiler clay pit[1] of Germany and the Froidefontaine Formation of France.[2] In the former locality, it is known to have coexisted with the related aulostomid †Frauenweilerostomus.[1][3]
It is known from well-preserved specimens, showing that its body was covered in rows of rectangular, evenly-sized scales ordered in rows.[4]
References
- ^ a b Parin, N. N.; Micklich, Norbert (1996). "Two aulostomoid fishes (Aulostomidae, Syngnathiformes) from the Lower Oligocene of Germany". Палеонтологический журнал. 30 (1).
- ^ Pharisat, Andre (1998-01-01). "Marine fish biodiversity in the Oligocene of Froidefontaine (Belfort Territory, France)". Italian Journal of Zoology. 65 (sup1): 189–191. doi:10.1080/11250009809386811. ISSN 1125-0003.
- ^ Micklich, N.; Parin, N. (1995). "The fishfauna of Frauenweiler (Middle Oligocene, Rupelian; Germany): First results of a review". Publ. Espec. Inst. Esp. Oceanogr. 21: 129–148.
- ^ Mé[email protected], Kleyton Magno Cantalice~Universidad Nacional Autónoma de; Mé[email protected], Jesús Alvarado-Ortega~Universidad Nacional Autónoma de (2016-12-12). "Eekaulostomus cuevasae gen. and sp. nov., an ancient armored trumpetfish (Aulostomoidea) from Danian (Paleocene) marine deposits of Belisario Domínguez, Chiapas, southeastern Mexico". Palaeontologia Electronica. Retrieved 2025-10-07.