Biology:Calamopleurus

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes

Calamopleurus
Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous
Calamopleurus cylindricus MHNT.jpg
Calamopleurus cylindricus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Halecomorphi
Order: Amiiformes
Family: Amiidae
Subfamily: Vidalamiinae
Genus: Calamopleurus
Agassiz, 1841
Type species
Calamopleurus cylindricus

Calamopleurus is an extinct genus of fishes comprising three species: C. cylindricus and C. mawsoni from Brazil and C. africanus from Africa.[1]

Calamopleurus and Rhacolepis

References

  1. 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15310085 entry