Pseudotetrapturus
| Pseudotetrapturus Temporal range:
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Menoidei |
| Superfamily: | Xiphioidea |
| Family: | †Palaeorhynchidae |
| Genus: | †Pseudotetrapturus Danilʹchenko, 1960 |
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Pseudotetrapturus is an extinct genus of early billfish from the Oligocene of the Caucasus. The fish is much larger than other members of the family, having a body length estimated to be 4.0 metres (13.1 ft) and a body shape more similar to that of marlins than of other members of its family. Unlike modern genera, these fish would have had jaws of similar lengths with small teeth along with large scales when an adult. Pseudotetrapturus, along with the other organisms found at the sites, would have been endemic to a marginal sea associated with the Paratethys. There is only one species currently recognized being P. luteus.