Rhacolepis
Rhacolepis Temporal range: Aptian
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Rhacolepis buccalis | |
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Family: | Pachyrhizodontidae
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Genus: | Rhacolepis Agassiz 1843
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Rhacolepis is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish[1] from the Cretaceous Santana Formation of Brazil.[2] Complete fossilised hearts from this species have been recovered.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b "Rhacolepis". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
- ^ Donald B. Brinkman & A. G. Neuman (2002). "Teleost centra from uppermost Judith River Group (Dinosaur Park Formation, Campanian) of Alberta, Canada". Journal of Paleontology. 76 (1): 138–155. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2002)076<0138:TCFUJR>2.0.CO;2.
- ^ Maldanis et al. (2016) Heart fossilization is possible and informs the evolution of cardiac outflow tract in vertebrates
Categories:
- Crossognathiformes
- Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
- Cretaceous bony fish
- Prehistoric fish of South America
- Cretaceous Brazil
- Fossils of Brazil
- Romualdo Formation
- Fossil taxa described in 1843
- Taxa named by Louis Agassiz
- Prehistoric ray-finned fish stubs