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Extinct genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bendenius is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish. It is known from the Early Carboniferous of Belgium.[1][2] It was named after Belgian paleontologist Pierre-Joseph van Beneden.
Benedenius Temporal range: Visean, | |
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Specimen at the Museum of Natural Sciences, Belgium | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Eurynotiformes |
Family: | †Styracopteridae |
Genus: | †Benedenius Traquair, 1878 |
Species | |
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It contains two species:[1]
Formerly classified as a "paleonisciform", more recent studies suggest that it belongs to an early order of deep-bodied actinopterygians known as the Eurynotiformes. It is generally classified within the Styracopteridae, though at least one recent study treats it as a member of the Amphicentridae.[3][4][5][6]
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