Goniocranion
| Goniocranion Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Acanthomorpha |
| Genus: | †Goniocranion Casier, 1966 |
| Species: | †G. arambourgi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Goniocranion arambourgi Casier, 1966
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Goniocranion is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the lower Eocene.[1] It contains a single species, G. arambourgi from the London Clay of England. Initially described as an early pomfret, it may instead be a lampriform.[2][3]
See also
References
- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ Carnevale, Giorgio (2004). "The first fossil ribbonfish (Teleostei, Lampridiformes, Trachipteridae)". Geological Magazine. 141 (5): 573–582. doi:10.1017/S0016756804009598. ISSN 1469-5081.
- ^ Friedman, Matt; Beckett, Hermione T.; Close, Roger A.; Johanson, Zerina (2015-11-23). "The English Chalk and London Clay: two remarkable British bony fishLagerstätten". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 430 (1): 165–200. doi:10.1144/SP430.18. ISSN 0305-8719. Archived from the original on 2025-03-31.