Beerichthys

Beerichthys; Temporal range: Lower Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Luvaridae
Genus:	Beerichthys
Species:	B. ingens
Binomial name
	Beerichthys ingens; Casier, 1966

Beerichthys ingens is an extinct prehistoric bony fish that was a member of the Ypresian London Clay fauna of lower Eocene England.^[1]

It is known only from a series of incomplete skulls. When originally described in 1966, B. ingens was placed in a monotypic family, "Beerichthyidae," within . Later, more (also incomplete) skulls were studied by Colin Patterson, who determined that the fish was a louvar.^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
^ "Perciformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
^ [1] Phylogenetic Revision of the Fish Families Luvaridae and †Kushlukiidae (Acanthuroidei), with a New Genus and Two New Species of Eocene Luvarids

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[sepkoskidb-1] Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.

[2] "Perciformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 18, 2012.

[3] [1] Phylogenetic Revision of the Fish Families Luvaridae and †Kushlukiidae (Acanthuroidei), with a New Genus and Two New Species of Eocene Luvarids

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