Paratarpon is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Campanian.[1]

Paratarpon skeleton (holotype)

Paratarpon
Temporal range: Campanian[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Elopiformes
Family: Elopidae
Genus: Paratarpon

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  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.