Aktaua
Extinct genus of Sawfish
| Aktaua Temporal range: Lutetian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Rhinopristiformes |
| Family: | Pristidae |
| Genus: | Aktaua Case et al., 1996 |
Aktaua is an extinct genus of sawfish from the Lutetian stage of the Eocene epoch.[1][2] It is currently known from a single species, A. kizylkumensis. It is found in the White Mountain Formation of Uzbekistan. The species was named for the Kizylkum Desert, in which it was found. The genus name is derived from the Uzbek word for "white," in reference to the formation it was found in.[3]
References
- ^ "Fossilworks: Aktaua". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Aktaua". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
- ^ Case, G. R., Udovichenko, N. I., Nessov, L. A., Averianov, A. O., & Borodin, P. D. (1996). A middle Eocene selachian fauna from the White Mountain Formation of the Kizylkum Desert, Uzbekistan, CIS. PALAEONTOGRAPHICA ABTEILUNG A-STUTTGART-, 242, 99–126.
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