Benedenius Temporal range:
Visean,
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Specimen at the Museum of Natural Sciences, Belgium | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | † Eurynotiformes |
Family: | † Styracopteridae |
Genus: | †
Benedenius Traquair, 1878 |
Species | |
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Bendenius is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish. It is known from the Early Carboniferous of Belgium. [1] [2] It was named after Belgian paleontologist Pierre-Joseph van Beneden.
It contains two species: [1]
Formerly classified as a " paleonisciform", more recent studies suggest that it belongs to an early order of deep-bodied actinopterygians known as the Eurynotiformes. It is generally classified within the Styracopteridae, though at least one recent study treats it as a member of the Amphicentridae. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Benedenius Temporal range:
Visean,
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---|---|
Specimen at the Museum of Natural Sciences, Belgium | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | † Eurynotiformes |
Family: | † Styracopteridae |
Genus: | †
Benedenius Traquair, 1878 |
Species | |
|
Bendenius is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish. It is known from the Early Carboniferous of Belgium. [1] [2] It was named after Belgian paleontologist Pierre-Joseph van Beneden.
It contains two species: [1]
Formerly classified as a " paleonisciform", more recent studies suggest that it belongs to an early order of deep-bodied actinopterygians known as the Eurynotiformes. It is generally classified within the Styracopteridae, though at least one recent study treats it as a member of the Amphicentridae. [3] [4] [5] [6]