Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Retropinnidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Osmeriformes Genus Prototroctes | |
Prototroctes vertex is an extinct species of bony fish in the genus Prototroctes. It existed in what is now New Zealand in the early Miocene epoch. It was described by Werner Schwarzhans, R. Paul Scofield, Alan J. D. Tennyson, Jennifer P. Worthy and Trevor H. Worthy in 2012.
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