Calamopleurus
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| Calamopleurus cylindricus | |
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| Genus: | Calamopleurus Agassiz, 1841
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| Calamopleurus cylindricus | |
Calamopleurus is an extinct genus of bowfins, comprising three species: C. cylindricus and C. mawsoni from Brazil and C. africanus from Africa.[1]
Calamopleurus and Rhacolepis
References[]
- ^ Peter L. Forey & Lance Grande (1998). "An African twin to the Brazilian Calamopleurus (Actinopterygii: Amiidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 123 (2): 179–195. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb01299.x.
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- Amiiformes
- Prehistoric fish of Africa
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- Cretaceous animals of South America
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- Fossil taxa described in 1841
- Taxa named by Louis Agassiz
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