Callipurbeckia

Callipurbeckia
Temporal range: Late Jurassic—Early Cretaceous, 150–140 Ma
Fossil specimen of C. notopterus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Ginglymodi
Order: †Semionotiformes
Family: †Callipurbeckiidae
Genus: †Callipurbeckia
López-Arbarello, 2012
Type species
†Lepidotes minor
Agassiz, 1833
Species

†C. minor (Agassiz, 1833)
†C. notopterus (Agassiz, 1833)
†C. tendaguruensis (Wagner, 1863)

Callipurbeckia is an extinct genus of marine semionotiform ray-finned fish from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous periods. Fossils have been found in Germany, Tanzania, and England.

It contains three species, which were previously classified in the related lepisosteiform genus Lepidotes.

Potential relatives of Callipurbeckia include Occitanichthys from the Tithonian of France (formerly confused with C. minor) and Tlayuamichin from the Albian of Mexico.

Its name comes from "calli-", from an Ancient Greek word meaning beautiful, and "Purbeck", from the modern-day name of the area where a specimen of it was found.

References

  1. 1 2 3 López-Arbarello, Adriana (2012-07-11). "Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Ginglymodian Fishes (Actinopterygii: Neopterygii)". PLoS ONE. 7 (7) e39370. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...739370L. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039370. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3394768. PMID 22808031. ProQuest 1325499802.
  2. ↑ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  3. ↑ López-Arbarello, Adriana; Wencker, Lukardis C. M. (2016-09-01). "New callipurbeckiid genus (Ginglymodi: Semionotiformes) from the Tithonian (Late Jurassic) of Canjuers, France". PalZ. 90 (3): 543–560. Bibcode:2016PalZ...90..543L. doi:10.1007/s12542-016-0312-x. ISSN 1867-6812.
  4. ↑ López-Arbarello, Adriana; Alvarado-Ortega, Jesús (2011-01-26). "New semionotiform (Neopterygii) from the Tlayúa Quarry (Early Cretaceous, Albian), Mexico". Zootaxa. 2749 (1): 1–24. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2749.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.