Dastilbe
| Dastilbe Temporal range: Aptian[1] | |
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| Dastilbe species fossil from Brazil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
| Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gonorynchiformes |
| Family: | Chanidae |
| Subfamily: | Chaninae |
| Genus: | Dastilbe Jordan 1910[2] |
Dastilbe is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.
Species
Description
Dastilbe could reach a length of 25–60 millimetres (0.98–2.36 in), with a maximum length of about 150 millimetres (5.9 in). It was probably an anadromous fish, tolerant of hypersalinity and subjected to frequent mass mortality. Larger individuals of this predatory fish fed on small fishes and probably they were also cannibalistic. [3]
Distribution
Dastilbe was a primitive gonorynchiform fish widespread in Gondwanaland. Fossils of this fish have been found in the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch of north-east Brazil and in the Lower Cretaceous of Africa..[1][3]
See also
References
- 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- 1 2 The Paleobiology Database
- 1 2 3 SAMUEL P . DAVIS and DAVID M. MARTILL THE GONORYNCHIFORM FISH DASTILBE FROM THE LOWER CRETACEOUS OF BRAZIL
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