Cryptobalistes Explained

Cryptobalistes is an extinct genus of triplespine that lived during the early Oligocene epoch.[1] It contains a single species, C. brevis that inhabited the seas around what is now Canton Glarus, Switzerland. It is thought to be closely allied with another triplespine from Glarus, Acanthopleurus. Cryptobalistes, Acanthopleurus, and Protacanthodes are thought to be basal members of the Triacanthidae.[2] [3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: PBDB Taxon . 2024-06-23 . paleobiodb.org.
  2. 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 .
  3. Tyler . James C. . Winterbottom . Richard . 1999-12-01 . A review of the morphology and relationships of the Oligocene spikefish genera Acanthopleurus Agassiz 1844 and Cryptobalistes Tyler 1968 (Tetraodontiformes: Triacanthidae) . Paläontologische Zeitschrift . en . 73 . 3 . 351–367 . 10.1007/BF02988046 .
  4. Santini . Francesco . Tyler . James C. . 2002 . Phylogeny and biogeography of the extant species of triplespine fishes (Triacanthidae, Tetraodontiformes) . Zoologica Scripta . en . 31 . 4 . 321–330 . 10.1046/j.1463-6409.2002.00097.x . 0300-3256.

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