Nardorex

{{Short description|Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = Campanian to Maastrichtian | image = Nardorex zorzini.jpg | image_caption = Artist's reconstruction | taxon = Nardorex | authority = Taverne, 2004 | type_species = ''Nardorex zorzini'' | type_species_authority = Taverne, 2004 }}

'''''Nardorex zorzini''''' is an extinct nektonic predatory aulopiform ray-finned fish from Late Cretaceous Italy.<ref name=taverne>Taverne, L. "Les poissons crétacés de Nardò. 19. Nardorex zorzoni gen. et sp. nov.(Teleostei, Aulopiformes, Alepisauroidei)." Bollet. Mus. Civ. Stor. Natu. Ver. Geolo. Paleon. Preist 28 (2004): 29-40.</ref>

==Description== ''Nardorex zorzini'' is a superficially mackerel-like animal whose overall anatomy places it within the order Aulopiformes. However, the details of its osteology make its placement within Aulopiformes problematic.

==Distribution== Specimens of ''N. zorzini'' are found in Campanian to Maastrichtian-aged marine strata of Nardo, Italy.

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† Category:Enigmatic Actinopterygii taxa Category:Cretaceous bony fish Category:Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera Category:Cretaceous fish of Europe