Eubiodectes

Eubiodectes
Temporal range: Late Cenomanian[1]
Fossil of E. libanicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Ichthyodectiformes
Family: †Cladocyclidae
Genus: †Eubiodectes
Hay, 1903
Species:
†E. libanicus
Binomial name
†Eubiodectes libanicus
(Pictet & Humbert, 1866)
Synonyms
  • ?†Clupea gigantea Heckel, 1849
  • †Chirocentrites libanicus Pictet & Humbert, 1866
  • †Ichthyodectes libanicus (Pictet & Humbert, 1866)

Eubiodectes is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It contains a single species, E. libanicus, known from well-preserved fossils from the Cenomanian-aged Sannine Formation of Lebanon[1][2] It was a member of the Ichthyodectiformes, famously known as "bulldog fishes".[3]

Illustration of the type specimen.

It was originally described as Chirocentrites libanicus, then later moved to Ichthyodectes libanicus. It was moved to its own genus in 1903. Clupea gigantea Heckel, 1849, a species described earlier based on an indeterminate partial specimen, may be synonymous.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ "Pachycormiformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
  3. ^ Cavin, Lionel; Forey, Peter L.; Giersch, Samuel (2013-02-01). "Osteology of Eubiodectes libanicus (Pictet & Humbert, 1866) and some other ichthyodectiformes (Teleostei): phylogenetic implications". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 11 (2): 115–177. doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.691559. ISSN 1477-2019.
  4. ^ Geology, British Museum (Natural History) Department of; Woodward, Arthur Smith (1901). Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History): Actinopterygian Teleostomi of the suborders Isospondyli (in part), Ostariophysi, Apodes, Percesoces, Hemibranchii, Acanthopterygii, and Anacanthini. order of the Trustees.
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