Argilloberyx

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Argilloberyx
Temporal range: Lower Eocene [1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beryciformes
Family: Berycidae
Genus: Argilloberyx
Casier, 1966
Species:
A. prestwichae
Binomial name
Argilloberyx prestwichae
Casier, 1966

Argilloberyx is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene. [1] It contains one species, A. prestwichae, known from the London Clay Formation on the Isle of Sheppey, United Kingdom. It is considered a member of the family Berycidae. [2] [3]

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References

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  2. "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  3. Friedman, Matt; Beckett, Hermione T.; Close, Roger A.; Johanson, Zerina (2016). "The English Chalk and London Clay: two remarkable British bony fish Lagerstätten". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 430 (1): 165–200. Bibcode:2016GSLSP.430..165F. doi:10.1144/SP430.18. ISSN   0305-8719.