Callipurbeckia
| Callipurbeckia Temporal range: Late Jurassic—Early Cretaceous, 150–125 Ma | |
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| Fossil specimen of C. notopterus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Semionotiformes |
| Family: | †Callipurbeckiidae |
| Genus: | †Callipurbeckia López-Arbarello, 2012 |
| Type species | |
| †Callipurbeckia minor (Agassiz, 1833) | |
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†C. minor (Agassiz, 1833) | |
Callipurbeckia is an extinct genus of neopterygian ray-finned fish from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Fossils have been found in Germany, Tanzania, and England. It contains three species, which were previously classified in the related genus Lepidotes.[1]
References
- ↑ López-Arbarello, A. (2012). "Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Ginglymodian Fishes (Actinopterygii: Neopterygii)." PLoS ONE, 7(7): e39370. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039370
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