Biology:Opsithrissops
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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes
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| Genus: | Opsithrissops
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| Opsithrissops osseus Danilchenko, 1968
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Opsithrissops is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Thanetian stage of the Paleocene epoch. It is a 120 centimetres (3.9 ft) fish[2] in the family Osteoglossiformes which includes other bony-tongues such as the extant species of arowana and arapaima.[3]
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ↑ Cavin, Lionel; Piuz, André; Ferrante, Christophe; Guinot, Guillaume (2021-06-03). "Giant Mesozoic coelacanths (Osteichthyes, Actinistia) reveal high body size disparity decoupled from taxic diversity". Scientific Reports 11 (1): 11812. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-90962-5. ISSN 2045-2322. PMID 34083600. Bibcode: 2021NatSR..1111812C.
- ↑ Taverne, L.; Kumar, Kishor; Rana, R. (2009). "Complement to the study of the Indian Paleocene osteoglossid fish genus Taverneichthys (Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha)" (in en). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 79: 155–160. http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/240393.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q7098732 entry
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