Biology:Brachydegma
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| Interpretive drawing of the skull of the holotype of Brachydegma caelatum[2] | |
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| Genus: | †Brachydegma Dunkle, 1939
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| †Brachydegma caelatum Dunkle, 1939
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Brachydegma is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the Leonardian age (Cisuralian/lower Permian) in what is now Texas , United States. It is known from two fossils, which were recovered from the Clear Fork Formation. It is one of the only fossil ray-finned fish from the Permian that preserves the skull bones in three dimensions.[2]
Classification
Brachydegma was first considered a "palaeoniscid".[3] A later study rather suggested that Brachydegma could be one of the earliest crown neopterygians (Halecomorphi) known from the fossil record.[4] However, this view relied on misinterpretations of cranial features. A more recent study yielded conflicting placements of Brachydegma on the actinopterygian tree of life, rendering its placement in an order or family difficult. It appears to be closely related or possibly a member of the crown group of Actinopterygii, though a closer relationship with either Neopterygii or Polypteriformes appears plausible.[2]
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ "†Brachydegma Dunkle 1939 (ray-finned fish". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=90689#.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Argyriou, Thodoris; Giles, Sam; Friedman, Matt (2022). "A Permian fish reveals widespread distribution of neopterygian-like jaw suspension". eLife 11: e584334. doi:10.7554/eLife.58433. PMID 35579418.
- ↑ Dunkle, David H. (1939). "A new palaeoniscid fish from the Texas Permian". American Journal of Science 237 (4): 262–274. doi:10.2475/ajs.237.4.262. Bibcode: 1939AmJS..237..262D.
- ↑ Hurley, Imogen A.; Mueller, Rachael Lockridge; Dunn, Katherine A.; Schmidt, Eric J.; Friedman, Matt; Ho, Robert K.; Prince, Victoria E.; Yang, Ziheng et al. (2006). "A new time-scale for ray-finned fish evolution". Proceedings of the Royal Society B 274 (1609): 489–498. doi:10.1098/rspb.2006.3749. PMID 17476768.
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