Eastmanalepes
| Eastmanalepes Temporal range:
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| E. primaevus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Family: | Carangidae |
| Genus: | †Eastmanalepes Bannikov, 1984 |
| Species: | †E. primaevus
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| †Eastmanalepes primaevus (Eastman, 1904)
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Eastmanalepes (meaning "Eastman's scale) is an extinct genus of prehistoric jackfish known from the Eocene of Europe.[1] It contains a single species, E. primaevus, known from the late Ypresian of the Monte Bolca site in Italy. It was originally described as a species of the jackfish genus Caranx, which it has a superficially similar outline to. However, it differs from Caranx, and almost all other jackfish, in that it has very large, very pronounced scutes along its lateral line. According to Bannikov, E. primaevus is probably more related to the extinct jackfish genera, Eothynnus and Teratichthys.[2]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
- ^ Банников, Александр Федорович (2009). Ископаемые колючеперые рыбы (Acanthopterygii): систематика, филогения и роль в кайнозойских ихтиокомплексах Тетиса и Паратетиса (Thesis) (in Russian).
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