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Casierius
Temporal range: Early Albian[1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Albuliformes
Family: †Phyllodontidae
Genus: †Casierius
Estes, 1969
Species:
†C. heckeli
Binomial name
†Casierius heckeli
Estes, 1969

Casierius is an extinct genus of marine

albulid (making it even more closely related to bonefish) or a very early eel.[2][3][4][5] It contains a single species, C. heckeli, known from the Glen Rose Formation near Hood County, Texas.[6]

See also
  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ISSN 1467-2960
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  3. ^ "Albuloidei". www.mv.helsinki.fi. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  4. ISSN 2056-2799
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  5. ISSN 0195-6671
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  6. ^ "†Casierius Estes 1969 (eel)". PBDB.
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