Eastmanalepes

Eastmanalepes
Temporal range: Early Eocene
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E. primaevus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Suborder: Carangoidei
Family: Carangidae
Genus: †Eastmanalepes
Bannikov, 1984
Species:
†E. primaevus
Binomial name
†Eastmanalepes primaevus
(Eastman, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Caranx primaevus Eastman, 1904

Eastmanalepes (meaning "Eastman's scale) is an extinct genus of prehistoric jackfish known from the Eocene of Europe.[1] It contains a single species, E. primaevus, known from the late Ypresian of the Monte Bolca site in Italy. It was originally described as a species of the jackfish genus Caranx, which it has a superficially similar outline to. However, it differs from Caranx, and almost all other jackfish, in that it has very large, very pronounced scutes along its lateral line. According to Bannikov, E. primaevus is probably more related to the extinct jackfish genera, Eothynnus and Teratichthys.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  2. ^ Банников, Александр Федорович (2009). Ископаемые колючеперые рыбы (Acanthopterygii): систематика, филогения и роль в кайнозойских ихтиокомплексах Тетиса и Паратетиса (Thesis) (in Russian).
  • "Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at harvard college. Volume 46 - Page 29" [1]
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