Callipurbeckia Temporal range:
Late Jurassic—
Early Cretaceous,
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Fossil specimen of C. notopterus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Clade: | Ginglymodi |
Order: | † Semionotiformes |
Family: | † Callipurbeckiidae |
Genus: | †
Callipurbeckia López-Arbarello, 2012 |
Type species | |
†Lepidotes minor Agassiz, 1833
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Species | |
†C. minor (Agassiz, 1833) |
Callipurbeckia is an extinct genus of marine semionotiform ray-finned fish from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous periods. Fossils have been found in Germany, Tanzania, and England. [1]
It contains three species, which were previously classified in the related lepisosteiform genus Lepidotes. [1] [2]
Potential relatives of Callipurbeckia include Occitanichthys from the Tithonian of France (formerly confused with C. minor) and Tlayuamichin from the Albian of Mexico. [3] [4]
Its name comes from " calli-", from an Ancient Greek word meaning beautiful, and " Purbeck", from the modern-day name of the area where a specimen of it was found. [1]
Callipurbeckia Temporal range:
Late Jurassic—
Early Cretaceous,
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Fossil specimen of C. notopterus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Clade: | Ginglymodi |
Order: | † Semionotiformes |
Family: | † Callipurbeckiidae |
Genus: | †
Callipurbeckia López-Arbarello, 2012 |
Type species | |
†Lepidotes minor Agassiz, 1833
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Species | |
†C. minor (Agassiz, 1833) |
Callipurbeckia is an extinct genus of marine semionotiform ray-finned fish from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous periods. Fossils have been found in Germany, Tanzania, and England. [1]
It contains three species, which were previously classified in the related lepisosteiform genus Lepidotes. [1] [2]
Potential relatives of Callipurbeckia include Occitanichthys from the Tithonian of France (formerly confused with C. minor) and Tlayuamichin from the Albian of Mexico. [3] [4]
Its name comes from " calli-", from an Ancient Greek word meaning beautiful, and " Purbeck", from the modern-day name of the area where a specimen of it was found. [1]