Callipurbeckia
Callipurbeckia Temporal range: Late Jurassic—Early Cretaceous,
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Fossil specimen of C. notopterus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Semionotiformes |
Family: | †Callipurbeckiidae |
Genus: | †Callipurbeckia López-Arbarello, 2012 |
Type species | |
†Callipurbeckia minor (Agassiz, 1833)
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Species | |
†C. minor (Agassiz, 1833) |
Callipurbeckia is an extinct genus of neopterygian ray-finned fish from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Fossils have been found in Germany, Tanzania, and England. It contains three species, which were previously classified in the related genus Lepidotes.[1]
References[]
- ^ López-Arbarello, A. (2012). "Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Ginglymodian Fishes (Actinopterygii: Neopterygii)." PLoS ONE, 7(7): e39370. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039370
Categories:
- Lepisosteiformes
- Prehistoric bony fish genera
- Jurassic bony fish
- Cretaceous bony fish
- Prehistoric fish of Africa
- Mesozoic fish of Europe
- Prehistoric ray-finned fish stubs
- Jurassic fish stubs
- Cretaceous fish stubs