# Turkmenidae

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{{Short description|Extinct family of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = [Thanetian](/source/Thanetian)-[Late Oligocene](/source/Late_Oligocene)<br />~{{fossil range|58|25}}
| image = Turkmenidae.JPG
| image_caption = ''Turkmene'' and ''Danatinia''
| taxon = Turkmenidae
| authority = Daniltshenko, 1968
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
* ''[Analectis](/source/Analectis)''
* ''[Danatinia](/source/Danatinia)''
* ''[Turkmene](/source/Turkmene)''
}}

'''Turkmenidae''' is an extinct [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of [lamprids](/source/Lampriformes) from the [Paleogene](/source/Paleogene) of the west-central Asia, in what was formerly the Peri-[Tethys Ocean](/source/Tethys_Ocean).<ref>[http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=249203]"The first fossil ribbonfish (Teleostei, Lampridiformes, Trachipteridae)"</ref>  They were small, disk-shaped fish that bore a strong resemblance to their closest living relatives, the [opah](/source/opah)s.

''[Turkmene](/source/Turkmene)'' and ''[Danatinia](/source/Danatinia)'' are found in the [Thanetian](/source/Thanetian) epoch (of the [Paleocene](/source/Paleocene)) sections of the [Danata Formation](/source/Danata_Formation)  of Turkmenistan. ''[Analectis](/source/Analectis)'' is found in [Late Oligocene](/source/Late_Oligocene) strata in [North Caucasus](/source/North_Caucasus), Russia.  After the extinction of ''[Analectis](/source/Analectis)'', Turkmenidae disappears from the fossil record.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=S.v |first=Popov |last2=M.a |first2=Akhmetiev |last3=E.m |first3=Bugrova |last4=A.v |first4=Lopatin |last5=O.v |first5=Amitrov |last6=A.s |first6=Andreyeva-Grigorovich |last7=N.i |first7=Zaporozhets |last8=V.v |first8=Zherikhin |last9=V.a |first9=Krasheninnikov |last10=I.a |first10=Nikolaeva |last11=E.k |first11=Sytchevskaya |last12=I.g |first12=Shcherba |date=2002 |title=BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHERN PERI-TETHYS FROM THE LATE EOCENE TO THE EARLY MIOCENE: PART 2. EARLY OLIGOCENE |url=https://repository.geologyscience.ru/handle/123456789/29319 |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=36 |issn=0031-0301}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Carnevale |first=Giorgio |date=2004 |title=The first fossil ribbonfish (Teleostei, Lampridiformes, Trachipteridae) |url=https://repository.geologyscience.ru/bitstream/handle/123456789/36960/Carn_04.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |journal=Geological Magazine |language=en |volume=141 |issue=5 |pages=573–582 |doi=10.1017/S0016756804009598 |issn=1469-5081}}</ref>

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* K. A. Monsch and A. F. Bannikov. 2011. New taxonomic synopses and revision of the scombroid fishes (Scombroidei, Perciformes), including billfishes, from the Cenozoic of territories of the former USSR. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 102(4):253-300

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Category:Turkmenidae
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Category:Paleocene first appearances
Category:Oligocene extinctions
Category:Paleogene animals of Asia
Category:Paleontology in Turkmenistan

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