''Astroscopus countermani'' is an extinct species of
stargazer
Stargazer may refer to:
* an observational astronomer, particularly an amateur
Aerospace
* Stargazer (aircraft), a Lockheed L-1011 airliner used to launch the Pegasus rocket
* Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2, nicknamed Stargazer, the first s ...
described from a cranium found in
Tortonian deposits of the
Calvert Cliffs of what is now
Maryland.
''A. countermani'' is very similar to its living relatives.
References
Uranoscopidae
Miocene fish
Cenozoic animals of North America
Fossil taxa described in 2011
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