Eopeyeria Explained

Eopeyeria is an extinct genus of marine catfish known from the Late Eocene. It contains a single species, E. aegyptiaca from the Qasr el-Sagha Formation of Egypt. It was initially placed in Ariopsis before being placed into its own genus, but is still thought to be a member of Ariidae.[1] [2] [3]

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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. Murray . Alison M. . Holmes . Robert . 2021 . Osteology of the cranium and Weberian apparatus of African catfish families (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes) with an assessment of Palaeogene genera . Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology . en . 9 . 1 . 156–191 . 10.18435/vamp29382 . 2292-1389. free .
  3. El-Sayed . Sanaa E. . Kora . Mahmoud A. . Sallam . Hesham M. . Claeson . Kerin M. . Seiffert . Erik R. . Antar . Mohammed S. . 2017-03-01 . A new genus and species of marine catfishes (Siluriformes; Ariidae) from the upper Eocene Birket Qarun Formation, Wadi El-Hitan, Egypt . PLOS ONE . en . 12 . 3 . e0172409 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0172409 . free . 1932-6203 . 5332075 . 28248973. 2017PLoSO..1272409E .

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