Dactylopogon

Dactylopogon is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Late Cretaceous.^[1] It contains a single species, D. grandis from the Campanian of the Ahlen Formation of Germany. It was previously considered a myctophiform, but more recent studies have found it to be an elopomorph.^[2][3][4] A second species, D. parvulus from the Cenomanian-aged Sannine Formation in Lebanon has also sometimes been placed in this genus.^[2]

Dactylopogon Temporal range: Late Campanian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Superorder:	Elopomorpha
Genus:	†Dactylopogon von der Marck, 1868
Species:	†D. grandis
Binomial name
†Dactylopogon grandis von der Marck, 1868

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
2. "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
3. Dietze, Kathrin (2004-07-09). "Description of the Late Cretaceous teleost Dactylopogon grandis von der Marck (Westphalia, Germany)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen: 181–194. doi:10.1127/njgpa/232/2004/181.
4. Dietze, Kathrin (2009). "Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of certain neoteleostean fishes from the Upper Cretaceous of Sendenhorst, Germany". Cretaceous Research. 30 (3): 559–574. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2008.11.001. ISSN 0195-6671.