Callipurbeckia Explained

Callipurbeckia is an extinct genus of marine semionotiform ray-finned fish from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous periods. Fossils have been found in Germany, Tanzania, and England.^[1]

It contains three species, which were previously classified in the related lepisosteiform genus Lepidotes.^[2]

• C. minor (Agassiz, 1833) - Earliest Cretaceous (Berriasian) of England (Purbeck Beds)
• C. notopterus (Agassiz, 1835) - Late Jurassic (Tithonian) of Germany (Solnhofen Limestone)
• C. tendaguruensis (Arratia & Schultze, 1999) - Late Jurassic (Tithonian) of Tanzania (Tendaguru Formation)

Potential relatives of Callipurbeckia include Occitanichthys from the Tithonian of France (formerly confused with C. minor) and Tlayuamichin from the Albian of Mexico.^{[3] [4]}

Its name comes from "calli-", from an Ancient Greek word meaning beautiful, and "Purbeck", from the modern-day name of the area where a specimen of it was found.

Notes and References

1. López-Arbarello . Adriana . 2012-07-11 . Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Ginglymodian Fishes (Actinopterygii: Neopterygii) . PLoS ONE . en . 7 . 7 . e39370 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0039370 . free . 1932-6203 . 3394768 . 22808031 . 2012PLoSO...739370L . .
2. Web site: PBDB Taxon . 2024-05-05 . paleobiodb.org.
3. López-Arbarello . Adriana . Wencker . Lukardis C. M. . 2016-09-01 . New callipurbeckiid genus (Ginglymodi: Semionotiformes) from the Tithonian (Late Jurassic) of Canjuers, France . PalZ . en . 90 . 3 . 543–560 . 10.1007/s12542-016-0312-x . 2016PalZ...90..543L . 1867-6812.
4. López-Arbarello . Adriana . Alvarado-Ortega . Jesús . 2011-01-26 . New semionotiform (Neopterygii) from the Tlayúa Quarry (Early Cretaceous, Albian), Mexico . Zootaxa . en . 2749 . 1 . 1–24 . 10.11646/zootaxa.2749.1.1 . 1175-5334.