Biology:Bananogmius
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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes
| Bananogmius Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Tselfatiiformes |
| Family: | †Plethodidae |
| Genus: | †Bananogmius Whitley, 1940 |
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Bananogmius is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived in what is today Kansas during the Late Cretaceous. It lived in the Western Interior Seaway, which split North America in two during the Late Cretaceous.[1][2] Some species like B. evolutus later reclassified as Pentanogmius.[3]
Description
As with many plethodids, Bananogmius had a thin body reminiscent of the modern angelfish, dozens of small teeth, and an high dorsal fin.[4]
References
- ↑ Fielitz C, Shimada K. 1999. A new species of Bananogmius (Teleostei; Tselfatiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous Carlile Shale of western Kansas. Journal of Paleontology 73(3): 504-511.
- ↑ Taverne L. 2001. Révision du genre Bananogmius (Teleostei, Tselfatiiformes), poisson marin du Crétecé supérior d'Amérique du Nord et d'Europe. Geodiversitas 23(1):17-40.
- ↑ Taverna, L. (2000). "Ostéologie et position systématique du genre Plethodus et des nouveaux genres Dixonanogmius et Pentanogmius, poissons marins du Crétacé (Teleostei, Tselfatiiformes)". Biologisch Jaarboek Dodonaea 67 (1): 94–123.
- ↑ Everhart, Mike (23 Aug 2011). "Plethodids". Oceans of Kansas. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
Wikidata ☰ Q4853913 entry
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