Carangodes

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Carangodes
Temporal range: Early Eocene [1]
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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]

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References

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