Carangodes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | †Carangodidae Patterson, 1971 |
| Genus: | †Carangodes Heckel, 1856 |
| Species: | †C. bicornis
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| †Carangodes bicornis (Volta, 1796)
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Carangodes is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the early Eocene. It contains a single species, C. bicornis, from the famous Monte Bolca site in Italy. It is the only known member of the extinct perciform family Carangodidae. [1][2][3][4]
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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 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
- ^ Carnevale, G.; Bannikov, Alexandre F.; Marramà, G.; Tyler, James C.; Zorzin., R. (2014). "The Bolca Fossil-Lagerstätte: A window into the Eocene World. 5. The Pesciara- Monte Postale Fossil-Lagerstätte: 2. Fishes and other vertebrates. Excursion guide" (PDF). Rendiconti della Società Paleontologica Italiana. 4 (1): i–xxvii. hdl:10088/25678.
- ^ Patterson, Colin (1971). "Review of Les Poissons Fossiles du Monte Bolca Classés Jusqu'ici Dans les Familles des Carangidae, Menidae, Ephippidae, Scatophagidae". Copeia. 1971 (1): 187–189. doi:10.2307/1441633. ISSN 0045-8511.
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