Cornuboniscus

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Cornuboniscus
Temporal range: Tournaisian [1]
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Cornuboniscus budensis fossil
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Cornuboniscus

White, 1939
Binomial name
Cornuboniscus budensis
White, 1939

Cornuboniscus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian age of the Mississippian epoch (Carboniferous) in what is now Cornwall, United Kingdom. [1] [3]

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Etymology

The genus Cornubonisus was named after the island of Cornubian, and the species name refers to the coastal town of Bude in Cornwall. The type specimen is held in the town's Castle Heritage Centre.

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References

  1. 1 2 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 2009-04-24.
  2. "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  3. Schultze, Hans-Peter; Mickle, Kathryn E.; Poplin, Cecile; Hilton, Eric J.; Grande, Lance (2021). Handbook of Paleoichthyology, 8A. Actinopterygii I. Palaeoniscimorpha, Stem Neopterygii, Chondrostei. Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München. p. 299. ISBN   978-3-89937-272-4.