Berycopsia

Berycopsia Temporal range: Turonian [1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Polymixiiformes
Family:	Polymixiidae
Genus:	† Berycopsia Radovčić, 1975
Species:	†B. inopinnata
Binomial name
†Berycopsia inopinnata Radovčić, 1975

Berycopsia is an extinct genus of beardfish that lived during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous. It contains a single species, B. inopinnata, that inhabited marine habitats of the Tethys Sea around what is now Croatia. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
2. "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
3. "Polymixiidae". mayatan.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
4. Murray, Alison M.; Cumbaa, Stephen L. (2013). "Early Turonian acanthomorphs from Lac des Bois, Northwest Territories, Canada" . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33 (2): 293–300. Bibcode:2013JVPal..33..293M. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.722574. ISSN   0272-4634.
5. Schrøder, Ane Elise; Rasmussen, Jan Audun; Møller, Peter Rask; Carnevale, Giorgio (2022-08-31). "A new beardfish (Teleostei, Polymixiiformes) from the Eocene Fur Formation, Denmark". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 42 (2) e2142914. Bibcode:2022JVPal..42E2914S. doi:10.1080/02724634.2022.2142914. hdl: 10037/28645 . ISSN   0272-4634.
6. De Cia Caixeta, Heloísa; Oliveira, Claudio; Melo, Marcelo Roberto Souto de (2024-03-01). "Another piece of the living fossil puzzle: A new species of Polymixia Lowe, 1836 (Polymixiiformes: Polymixiidae) from the western South Atlantic". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 205 104249. Bibcode:2024DSRI..20504249D. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2024.104249 . ISSN   0967-0637.