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Carangodes

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Carangodes
Temporal range: Early Eocene[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Carangodidae
Blot, 1969
Genus: Carangodes
Heckel, 1856
Species:
C. bicornis
Binomial name
Carangodes bicornis
(Volta, 1796)
Synonyms
  • C. cephalus Heckel, 1856

Carangodes is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the early Eocene. It contains a single species, C. bicornis, from the famous Monte Bolca site in Italy. It is the only known member of the extinct perciform family Carangodidae. [1][2][3][4]

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  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
  3. ^ Carnevale, G.; Bannikov, Alexandre F.; Marramà, G.; Tyler, James C.; Zorzin., R. (2014). "The Bolca Fossil-Lagerstätte: A window into the Eocene World. 5. The Pesciara- Monte Postale Fossil-Lagerstätte: 2. Fishes and other vertebrates. Excursion guide" (PDF). Rendiconti della Società Paleontologica Italiana. 4 (1): i–xxvii. hdl:10088/25678.
  4. ^ Patterson, Colin (1971). "Review of Les Poissons Fossiles du Monte Bolca Classés Jusqu'ici Dans les Familles des Carangidae, Menidae, Ephippidae, Scatophagidae". Copeia. 1971 (1): 187–189. doi:10.2307/1441633. ISSN 0045-8511. JSTOR 1441633.