Carangodes

Carangodes Temporal range: Early Eocene [1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	† Carangodidae Blot, 1969
Genus:	† Carangodes Heckel, 1856
Species:	†C. bicornis
Binomial name
†Carangodes bicornis (Volta, 1796)
Synonyms
†C. cephalusHeckel, 1856

Carangodes is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the early Eocene. It contains a single species, C. bicornis, from the famous Monte Bolca site in Italy. It is the only known member of the extinct perciform family Carangodidae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

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. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
2. "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
3. 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.
4. Patterson, Colin (1971). "Review of Les Poissons Fossiles du Monte Bolca Classés Jusqu'ici Dans les Familles des Carangidae, Menidae, Ephippidae, Scatophagidae" . Copeia. 1971 (1): 187–189. doi:10.2307/1441633. ISSN   0045-8511. JSTOR   1441633.