| Chardonius Temporal range:
| |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Cohort: | Euteleostei |
| Genus: | †Chardonius Taverne, 1975 |
| Species: | †C. longicaudatus
|
| Binomial name | |
| †Chardonius longicaudatus Taverne, 1975
| |
Chardonius is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish from the late Aptian or early Albian. It contains a single species, C. longicaudatus, from the Loia Beds of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.12
Its taxonomic placement is uncertain, and it has been alternatively classified as a "clupeoid" or a "salmoniform".23 The latter classification is now thought to be a wastebasket treatment.4 It is currently considered an indeterminate euteleost.5
Morphologically, it is notable for the extreme anterior insertion point of its dorsal fin compared to the anal fin.56
References
References
- "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- López-Arbarello, Adriana. "The record of Mesozoic fishes from Gondwana (excluding India and Madagascar)". Mesozoic Fishes 3 – Systematics, Paleoenvironments and Biodiversity.
- Maisey, John G. (2000-04-01). "Continental break up and the distribution of fishes of Western Gondwana during the Early Cretaceous". Cretaceous Research. 21 (2): 281–314. doi:10.1006/cres.1999.0195. ISSN 0195-6671.
- Gallo, Valéria; de Figueiredo, Francisco J.; Azevedo, Sergio A. (2009). "Santanasalmo elegans gen. et sp. nov., a basal euteleostean fish from the Lower Cretaceous of the Araripe Basin, northeastern Brazil - Supplementary Material" (PDF). Cretaceous Research. 30 (6): 1357–1366. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2009.07.005. ISSN 0195-6671.
- Clarke, J. (2015). Evolutionary patterns derived from 150 million years of morphological and functional evolution in neopterygian fishes (Thesis). Oxford University, UK.
- Clarke, John T.; Friedman, Matt (2018). "Body-shape diversity in Triassic–Early Cretaceous neopterygian fishes: sustained holostean disparity and predominantly gradual increases in teleost phenotypic variety". Paleobiology. 44 (3): 402–433. doi:10.1017/pab.2018.8. ISSN 0094-8373.