Biology:Cyclopoma

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes

Cyclopoma
Temporal range: Eocene
Serranidae - Cyclopoma spinosum.JPG
Cyclopoma spinosum from Eocene of Monte Bolca
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Genus: Cyclopoma
Agassiz, 1833

Cyclopoma (from Greek: κύκλος cyclos, 'circular' and Greek: πῶμᾰ pôma 'cover')[1] is an extinct genus of perch-like fishes belonging to the family Serranidae.

Fossil record

Fossils of Cyclopoma are found in the Eocene of Virginia and Monte Bolca (age range: from 55.8 to 50.3 million years ago.).[2]

Species

  • Cyclopoma folmeri Weems 1999
  • Cyclopoma gigas Agassiz 1833
  • Cyclopoma spinosum Agassiz 1833

See also

References

  1. Roberts, George (1839) (in English). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 40. https://archive.org/details/anetymologicala00robegoog. Retrieved 29 December 2021. 
  2. Paleobiology Database

Wikidata ☰ Q28431133 entry