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Callipurbeckia

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Callipurbeckia
Temporal range: Late JurassicEarly Cretaceous, 150–140 Ma
Fossil specimen of C. notopterus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Ginglymodi
Order: Semionotiformes
Family: Callipurbeckiidae
Genus: Callipurbeckia
López-Arbarello, 2012
Type species
Lepidotes minor
Agassiz, 1833
Species

C. minor (Agassiz, 1833)
C. notopterus (Agassiz, 1833)
C. tendaguruensis (Wagner, 1863)

Callipurbeckia is an extinct genus of marine semionotiform ray-finned fish from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous periods. Fossils have been found in Germany, Tanzania, and England.[1]

It contains three species, which were previously classified in the related lepisosteiform genus Lepidotes.[1][2]

Potential relatives of Callipurbeckia include Occitanichthys from the Tithonian of France (formerly confused with C. minor) and Tlayuamichin from the Albian of Mexico.[3][4]

Its name comes from "calli-", from an Ancient Greek word meaning beautiful, and "Purbeck", from the modern-day name of the area where a specimen of it was found.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c López-Arbarello, Adriana (2012-07-11). "Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Ginglymodian Fishes (Actinopterygii: Neopterygii)". PLoS ONE. 7 (7): e39370. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...739370L. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039370. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3394768. PMID 22808031. ProQuest 1325499802.
  2. ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  3. ^ López-Arbarello, Adriana; Wencker, Lukardis C. M. (2016-09-01). "New callipurbeckiid genus (Ginglymodi: Semionotiformes) from the Tithonian (Late Jurassic) of Canjuers, France". PalZ. 90 (3): 543–560. Bibcode:2016PalZ...90..543L. doi:10.1007/s12542-016-0312-x. ISSN 1867-6812.
  4. ^ López-Arbarello, Adriana; Alvarado-Ortega, Jesús (2011-01-26). "New semionotiform (Neopterygii) from the Tlayúa Quarry (Early Cretaceous, Albian), Mexico". Zootaxa. 2749 (1): 1–24. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2749.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.