Anomoeodus
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| Anomoeodus Temporal range: Albian to Maastrichtian
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Genus: | Anomoeodus
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| Species: | A. splendidus
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| Anomoeodus splendidus Nessov 1985
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Anomoeodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish from the Albian to Maastrichtian of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Egypt, Uzbekistan and the United States.
Description[]
It was one of the largest genera of Pycnodontiformes, being able to grow to 1 meter (3.3ft) long. Like many members of its family, it was mainly durophagous, feeding on crustaceans and mollusks
See also[]
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
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Categories:
- Pycnodontiformes genera
- Albian genus first appearances
- Maastrichtian genus extinctions
- Late Cretaceous fish
- Cretaceous bony fish
- Cretaceous fish of Africa
- Cretaceous Africa
- Fossils of Egypt
- Cretaceous fish of Asia
- Cretaceous Asia
- Fossils of Uzbekistan
- Cretaceous fish of Europe
- Cretaceous France
- Fossils of France
- Cretaceous Sweden
- Fossils of Sweden
- Cretaceous fish of North America
- Fossils of the United States
- Fossil taxa described in 1887
- Prehistoric ray-finned fish stubs
- Cretaceous fish stubs