Cladocyclus
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| Genus: | Cladocyclus Agassiz, 1843
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Cladocyclus (derived from the Greek κλάδος/kládos ("branch") and κύκλος/kýklos ("circle")[1]) is an extinct genus of Ichthyodectidae. It was a predatory fish of about 1.20 metres (3.9 ft) in length, found in the Albian Romualdo and Crato Formations of the Araripe Basin in northeastern Brazil.[2] A new species, Cladocyclus pankowskii, was discovered in the Cenomanian of Morocco in 2007,[3] and in the of Italy.[4]
Gallery[]
Cladocyclus gardneri
Fossil in Vienna
References[]
- ^ NOMENCLATOR ZOOLOGICUS – NOMENCLATORE ZOOLOGICO. Pisces
- ^ "Cladocyclus Ichthyodectoid Cretaceous Fossil Fish". Paleo Direct Fossils & Artifacts. Archived from the original on July 9, 2009.
- ^ Forey, Peter L.; Cavin, Lionel (2007). "A new species of Cladocyclus (Teleostei: Ichthyodectiformes) from the Cenomanian of Morocco" (PDF). Palaeontologia Electronica.
- ^ Cladocyclus at Fossilworks.org
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Categories:
- Ichthyodectiformes
- Early Cretaceous fish
- Late Cretaceous fish
- Albian genus first appearances
- Cenomanian genus extinctions
- Cretaceous fish of Africa
- Cretaceous Morocco
- Fossils of Morocco
- Cretaceous fish of Europe
- Cretaceous Italy
- Fossils of Italy
- Cretaceous fish of South America
- Early Cretaceous animals of South America
- Cretaceous Brazil
- Fossils of Brazil
- Crato Formation
- Romualdo Formation
- Fossil taxa described in 1843
- Taxa named by Louis Agassiz
- Prehistoric ray-finned fish stubs