Archaephippus Explained

Archaephippus is an extinct genus of prehistoric spadefish that lived from the early Eocene.[1] It contains a single species, A. asper, known from Italy.[2] Several exquisitely preserved fossils have been found from the Monte Bolca lagerstatten.[3] Some juvenile specimens preserve the vertical striped coloration that they would have likely had in life.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Sepkoski . Jack . A compendium of fossil marine animal genera . Bulletins of American Paleontology . 364 . 560 . 2002 . 2009-02-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class . 2011-07-23 .
  2. Web site: PBDB . 2024-02-29 . paleobiodb.org.
  3. Carnevale . G. . Bannikov . Alexandre F. . Marramà . G. . Tyler . James C. . Zorzin. . R. . 2014 . The Bolca Fossil-Lagerstätte: A window into the Eocene World. 5. The Pesciara- Monte Postale Fossil-Lagerstätte: 2. Fishes and other vertebrates. Excursion guide . Rendiconti della Società Paleontologica Italiana.
  4. Vinther . Jakob . 2015 . A guide to the field of palaeo colour: Melanin and other pigments can fossilise: Reconstructing colour patterns from ancient organisms can give new insights to ecology and behaviour . BioEssays . en . 37 . 6 . 643–656 . 10.1002/bies.201500018 . 0265-9247.

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