| Turkmenidae | |
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| Turkmene and Danatinia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lampriformes |
| Family: | †Turkmenidae Daniltshenko, 1968 |
| Genera | |
Turkmenidae is an extinct family of lamprids from the Paleogene of the west-central Asia, in what was formerly the Peri-Tethys Ocean.[1] They were small, disk-shaped fish that bore a strong resemblance to their closest living relatives, the opahs.
Turkmene and Danatinia are found in the Thanetian epoch (of the Paleocene) sections of the Danata Formation of Turkmenistan. Analectis is found in Late Oligocene strata in North Caucasus, Russia. After the extinction of Analectis, Turkmenidae disappears from the fossil record.[2][3]
- ^ [1]"The first fossil ribbonfish (Teleostei, Lampridiformes, Trachipteridae)"
- ^ S.v, Popov; M.a, Akhmetiev; E.m, Bugrova; A.v, Lopatin; O.v, Amitrov; A.s, Andreyeva-Grigorovich; N.i, Zaporozhets; V.v, Zherikhin; V.a, Krasheninnikov; I.a, Nikolaeva; E.k, Sytchevskaya; I.g, Shcherba (2002). "BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHERN PERI-TETHYS FROM THE LATE EOCENE TO THE EARLY MIOCENE: PART 2. EARLY OLIGOCENE". Paleontological Journal. 36. ISSN 0031-0301.
- ^ Carnevale, Giorgio (2004). "The first fossil ribbonfish (Teleostei, Lampridiformes, Trachipteridae)" (PDF). Geological Magazine. 141 (5): 573–582. doi:10.1017/S0016756804009598. ISSN 1469-5081.