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| Opsithrissops osseus Danilchenko, 1968
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Opsithrissops is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Thanetian stage of the Paleocene epoch. It is a 120 centimetres (3.9 ft) fish [2] in the family Osteoglossiformes which includes other bony-tongues such as the extant species of arowana and arapaima. [3]
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ Cavin, Lionel; Piuz, André; Ferrante, Christophe; Guinot, Guillaume (2021-06-03). "Giant Mesozoic coelacanths (Osteichthyes, Actinistia) reveal high body size disparity decoupled from taxic diversity". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 11812. Bibcode: 2021NatSR..1111812C. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-90962-5. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 8175595. PMID 34083600.
- ^ Taverne, L.; Kumar, Kishor; Rana, R. (2009). "Complement to the study of the Indian Paleocene osteoglossid fish genus Taverneichthys (Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha)" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre. 79: 155–160.
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| Opsithrissops Temporal range:
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| Genus: | Opsithrissops
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| Opsithrissops osseus Danilchenko, 1968
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Opsithrissops is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Thanetian stage of the Paleocene epoch. It is a 120 centimetres (3.9 ft) fish [2] in the family Osteoglossiformes which includes other bony-tongues such as the extant species of arowana and arapaima. [3]
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ Cavin, Lionel; Piuz, André; Ferrante, Christophe; Guinot, Guillaume (2021-06-03). "Giant Mesozoic coelacanths (Osteichthyes, Actinistia) reveal high body size disparity decoupled from taxic diversity". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 11812. Bibcode: 2021NatSR..1111812C. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-90962-5. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 8175595. PMID 34083600.
- ^ Taverne, L.; Kumar, Kishor; Rana, R. (2009). "Complement to the study of the Indian Paleocene osteoglossid fish genus Taverneichthys (Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha)" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre. 79: 155–160.
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