Casieroides Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Superorder: | Protacanthopterygii (?) |
Genus: | † Casieroides Taverne, 1975 |
Species: | †C. yamangaensis |
Binomial name | |
†Casieroides yamangaensis (Casier, 1961) | |
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Casieroides is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish. It contains a single species, C. yamangaensis from the Early Cretaceous Loia Formation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1] [2] [3]
Its taxonomic identity is uncertain, as it has alternatively been classified as a "clupeoid", a pattersonellid, or a salmoniform. The latter classification is now thought to be a wastebasket treatment. [2] [4] [5]