Callipteryx Explained

Callipteryx is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine trachiniform fish that lived during the early Eocene. It is the only known member of the extinct family Callipterygidae.[1] [2] [3] [4] It is thought to have been a relative of weeverfishes.[5]

It contains two species, both from the famous Monte Bolca site of Italy:

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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/20090220223520/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class . 2009-02-20 .
  2. Web site: PBDB Taxon . 2024-04-16 . 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 . 1 . i–xxvii . 10088/25678.
  4. Laan . Richard van der . 2018-10-11 . Family-group names of fossil fishes . European Journal of Taxonomy . en . 466 . 10.5852/ejt.2018.466 . 2118-9773.
  5. Book: Frickhinger, Karl Albert . Fossil Atlas, Fishes . March 1996 . Tetra Print . 978-1564651150 . 882 . registration.

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