Cretophareodus
Appearance
Cretophareodus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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C. alberticus fossil from Dinosaur Provincial Park, Royal Ontario Museum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
Family: | Osteoglossidae |
Subfamily: | Osteoglossinae |
Genus: | †Cretophareodus Li, 1996[1] |
Type species | |
Cretophareodus alberticus Li, 1996
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Cretophareodus is an extinct genus of bonytongue from the Campanian of the Dinosaur Park Formation in Alberta. It is known from a nearly complete skeleton lacking only the tail, named in 1996 by Li Guo-qing with the type species C. alberticus. It was moderately-sized, being around 30 cm (12 in) long, and is closely related to the Eocene genera Phareodus and Brychaetus. Additional isolated bones from the Dinosaur Park Formation are also referrable to Crewtophareodus.[1][2]
It is the oldest known crown group osteoglossoid, a group represented today by arowanas and arapaimas.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Li, G.-Q. (1996). "A new species of Late Cretaceous osteoglossid (Teleostei) from the Oldman Formation of Alberta, Canada, and its phylogenetic relationships" (PDF). In Arratia, G.; Viohl, G. (eds.). Mesozoic Fishes – Systematics and Paleoecology. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. pp. 285–298. ISBN 9783923871902.
- ^ Neuman, A.G.; Brinkman, D.B. (2005). "Fishes of the Fluvial Beds". In Currie, P.J.; Koppelhus, E.B. (eds.). Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed. Indiana University Press. pp. 167–185. ISBN 0-253-34595-2.
- ^ Near, Thomas J.; Thacker, Christine E. (2024-04-18). "Phylogenetic Classification of Living and Fossil Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 65 (1). doi:10.3374/014.065.0101. ISSN 0079-032X.