Eurycormus
| Eurycormus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Pholidophoriformes (?) |
| Family: | †Eurycormidae Arratia, 2017 |
| Genus: | †Eurycormus Wagner, 1863 |
| Species: | †E. speciosus
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| †Eurycormus speciosus Wagner, 1863
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Eurycormus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish known from the Late Jurassic. It contains a single species, E. speciosus, known from the early Tithonian-aged Eichstätt Formation of Germany.[1][2]
It was initially considered a halecomorph related to Caturus, but more recent studies indicate it to be a teleosteomorph, potentially in the Pholidophoriformes.[3][4] Specimens of the genus Eurypoma from the Middle Jurassic of England and France were also formerly placed in this genus but have since been split, with Eurypoma known to be an actual halecomorph.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ a b Arratia, Gloria; Schultze, Hans-Peter (2007). "Eurycormus – Eurypoma, two Jurassic actinopterygian genera with mixed identity". Fossil Record. 10 (1): 17–37. doi:10.1002/mmng.200600016. ISSN 1860-1014.
- ^ Arratia, Gloria (2017-03-04). "New Triassic teleosts (Actinopterygii, Teleosteomorpha) from northern Italy and their phylogenetic relationships among the most basal teleosts". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 37 (2): e1312690. Bibcode:2017JVPal..37E2690A. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1312690. ISSN 0272-4634.
- ^ López-Arbarello, Adriana; Ebert, Martin (2023-01-11). "Taxonomic status of the caturid genera (Halecomorphi, Caturidae) and their Late Jurassic species". Royal Society Open Science. 10 (1): 221318. Bibcode:2023RSOS...1021318L. doi:10.1098/rsos.221318. PMC 9832298. PMID 36686548.
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