Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Albian-Campanian) ~95–80 Ma
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Apsopelix anglicus fossil (LACM 16445), Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
†Crossognathiformes
Suborder:
†Crossognathoidei
Family:
†Crossognathidae
Genus:
†Apsopelix Cope, 1871
Species
†A. anglicus (Dixon, 1850)
†A. miyazakii (Yabumoto et al., 2012)
Synonyms
Apsopelix sauriformis Cope, 1871
Helmintholepis Cockerell, 1919
Leptichthys Stewart, 1899
Palaeoclupea Dante, 1942
Pelecorapis Cope, 1874
Syllaemus Cope, 1875
Apsopelix is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that existed about 95-80 million years ago in the shallow waters of the Western Interior Seaway, Hudson Seaway, England, France,[1] and Japan.[2]
^Teller-Marshall, Susan.; Bardack, David (1978). The morphology and relationships of the Cretaceous teleost Apsopelix / Susan Teller-Marshall -- and David Bardack --. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.3556.
^Miyata, Shinya; Yabumoto, Yoshitaka; Nakajima, Yasuhisa; Ito, Yasuhiro; Sasaki, Takenori (2022-04-01). "A Second Specimen of the Crossognathiform Fish Apsopelix miyazakii from the Cretaceous Yezo Group of Mikasa Area, Central Hokkaido, Japan". Paleontological Research. 26 (2). doi:10.2517/pr200024. ISSN 1342-8144. S2CID 247958614.
Apsopelix is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that existed about 95-80 million years ago in the shallow waters of the Western Interior Seaway, Hudson...
angustus A pycnodont. A. muensteri Aulolepis A. typus A ctenothrissiform. Apsopelix A. anglicus A crossognathid crossognathiform. Bananogmius B. ornatus A...
Formation Genus Species Presence Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Apsopelix A. sp. cf. A. anglicus Hughes County, South Dakota. Upper DeGrey Formation...
Yabumoto, Yoshitaka; Hikida, Yoshinori; Nishino, Takanobu (April 2012). "Apsopelix miyazakii, a New Species of Crossognathid Fish (Teleostei) from the Upper...
Genus Species Member Abundance Notes Images Apsopelix A. anglicus Smoky Hill Chalk A crossognathid. Pachyrhizodus P. caninus Smoky Hill Chalk A pachyrhizodontid...
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