Aeoliscoides

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Aeoliscoides
Temporal range:
Early Eocene
Specimen at the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle, Verona
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Centriscidae
Genus: Aeoliscoides
Blot, 1980
Species:
A. longirostris
Binomial name
Aeoliscoides longirostris
(Blainville, 1818)

Aeoliscoides is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived from the early Eocene. It is known from a single species, A. longirostris, from the famous Monte Bolca site of Italy.[1][2] It was a member of Centriscidae, making it a relative of modern shrimpfish and snipefish.[3][4] Its name references its close resemblance to the extant shrimpfish genus Aeoliscus.

References

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
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