Coryphaenopsis Explained

Coryphaenopsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Late Cretaceous.[1] [2] It contains a single species, C. brevis, known from the Turonian of the Czech Republic.[3] It was an elopiform related to modern tarpons and ladyfish.[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/20090220223520/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class . 2009-02-20 .
  2. Web site: PBDB Taxon . 2024-06-15 . paleobiodb.org.
  3. Frič . Antonin . Bayer . František . 1902 . NOVÉ RYBY ESKÉHO ÚTVARU KÍDOVÉHO. . Palaeontographica Bohemiae . C . VII.
  4. Osteologia e Afinidades Filogenéticas de Paraelops cearensis Silva Santos, 1971 (Pisces, Teleostei, Elopiformes) . de Figueiredo . Francisco Jose . 1989 . Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro .

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