Aulostomoides

Aulostomoides
Temporal range: Early Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Syngnathiformes
Superfamily: Aulostomoidea
Genus: †Aulostomoides
Blot, 1980
Species:
†A. tyleri
Binomial name
†Aulostomoides tyleri
Blot, 1980

Aulostomoides is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish from the early Eocene. It contains a single species, A. tyleri from the Monte Bolca site of Italy. It is thought to be a member of Aulostomoidea, making it a relative of trumpetfish and cornetfish.

References

  1. ↑ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Cantalice, Kleyton Magno; Alvarado-Ortega, Jesús (2016-12-12). "Eekaulostomus cuevasae gen. and sp. nov., an ancient armored trumpetfish (Aulostomoidea) from Danian (Paleocene) marine deposits of Belisario Domínguez, Chiapas, southeastern Mexico". Palaeontologia Electronica. doi:10.26879/682. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  4. ↑ Brownstein, C D (2023). "Syngnathoid Evolutionary History and the Conundrum of Fossil Misplacement". Integrative Organismal Biology. 5 (1) obad011. doi:10.1093/iob/obad011. ISSN 2517-4843. PMC 10210065. PMID 37251781.