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Callipteryx

Callipteryx is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine percomorph fish that lived during the early Eocene. It is the only known member of the extinct family Callipterygidae. It contains a single species, C. speciosus, known from the famous Monte Bolca site of Italy.

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Callipteryx
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes (?)
Family: †Callipterygidae
Jordan, 1905
Genus: †Callipteryx
Agassiz, 1838
Species:
†C. speciosus
Binomial name
†Callipteryx speciosus
Agassiz, 1838
Synonyms
  • †C. recticaudus Agassiz, 1838

Callipteryx is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine percomorph fish that lived during the early Eocene.123 It is the only known member of the extinct family Callipterygidae.4 It contains a single species, C. speciosus (=C. recticaudus), known from the famous Monte Bolca site of Italy.35

It was initially thought to have been a relative of weeverfishes.6 However, a more recent analysis suggests that it cannot be classified within any of the known percomorph groups.3 It may potentially be an indeterminate perciform.7

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  1. 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 2024-04-16.
  3. Bannikov, Alexandre F.; Zorzin, Roberto (2023). "On the osteology and relationships of the genus †Callipteryx Agassiz (Perciformes s.l.) from the Eocene of Bolca in northern Italy" (PDF). Studi e ricerche sui giacimenti terziari di Bolca. XXIII (20): 35–44.
  4. Laan, Richard van der (2018-10-11). "Family-group names of fossil fishes". European Journal of Taxonomy (466). doi:10.5852/ejt.2018.466. ISSN 2118-9773.
  5. 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.
  6. Frickhinger, Karl Albert (March 1996). Fossil Atlas, Fishes. Tetra Print. pp. 882. ISBN 978-1564651150.
  7. Laan, Richard van der (2018-10-11). "Family-group names of fossil fishes". European Journal of Taxonomy (466). doi:10.5852/ejt.2018.466. ISSN 2118-9773.