Eopeyeria
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Genus: | †Eopeyeria Whitley, 1947 |
| Species: | †E. aegyptiaca
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| †Eopeyeria aegyptiaca (Peyer, 1928)
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Eopeyeria is an extinct genus of marine catfish known from the Late Eocene. It contains a single species, E. aegyptiaca from the Qasr el-Sagha Formation of Egypt. It was initially placed in Ariopsis before being placed into its own genus, but is still thought to be a member of Ariidae.[1][2][3]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Murray, Alison M.; Holmes, Robert (2021). "Osteology of the cranium and Weberian apparatus of African catfish families (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes) with an assessment of Palaeogene genera". Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology. 9 (1): 156–191. doi:10.18435/vamp29382. ISSN 2292-1389.
- ^ El-Sayed, Sanaa E.; Kora, Mahmoud A.; Sallam, Hesham M.; Claeson, Kerin M.; Seiffert, Erik R.; Antar, Mohammed S. (2017-03-01). "A new genus and species of marine catfishes (Siluriformes; Ariidae) from the upper Eocene Birket Qarun Formation, Wadi El-Hitan, Egypt". PLOS ONE. 12 (3): e0172409. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1272409E. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0172409. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5332075. PMID 28248973.
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