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Charitopsis (fish)

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Extinct genus of fishes

Charitopsis
Temporal range: Late Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Charitopsis spinosus Museo Scienze Naturali di Faenza
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gonorynchiformes
Family: Gonorynchidae
Genus: †Charitopsis
Gayet, 1993
Species: †C. spinosus
Binomial name
†Charitopsis spinosus
Gayet, 1993

Charitopsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the lower Cenomanian. It was a relative of modern beaked salmons. It contains a single species, C. spinosus from the Sannine Formation of Lebanon. It is possibly related to the sympatric gonorynchid Charitosomus, although some anatomical traits are more similar to the Cenozoic gonorynchids (Notogoneus and Gonorynchus itself).

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References

  1. ^ 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 2009-02-27.
  2. "Charitopsis". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  3. Fara, Emmanuel; Gayet, Mireille; Taverne, Louis (2010), "The Fossil Record of Gonorynchiformes", Gonorynchiformes and Ostariophysan Relationships, CRC Press, pp. 173–226, doi:10.1201/b10194-6, ISBN 978-0-429-06156-1, retrieved 2024-05-09
Taxon identifiers
Charitopsis


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