Chauliodus testa is an extinct viperfish in the family Stomiidae from the marine Late Miocene-aged Kurasi Formation of Western Sakhalin Island.

Chauliodus testa
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Stomiidae
Genus: Chauliodus
Species:
C. testa
Binomial name
Chauliodus testa

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References edit

  1. ^ M. V. Nazarkin (2014). "The fossil viperfish Chauliodus testa sp. nov. (Stomiiformes: Stomiidae) from the Neogene of western Sakhalin, Russia". Paleontological Journal. 48 (3): 317–325. doi:10.1134/S0031030114030150.