Aphanepygus

Aphanepygus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine holostean ray-finned fish that lived during the upper Cenomanian. It inhabited the former Tethys Ocean, with remains known from Lebanon and Croatia.^[1][2] Its exact affinities are uncertain, although it is usually recovered as a relative of the macrosemiids.^[3][4][5] However, other authorities recover it in the Ionoscopiformes.^[6]

Aphanepygus Temporal range: Upper Cenomanian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
A. dorsalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Clade:	Ginglymodi
Order:	†Macrosemiiformes (?)
Genus:	†Aphanepygus Bassani, 1879
Species
A. dorsalis Davis, 1887 A. elegans Bassani, 1879

The following species are known:^[2]

• A. dorsalis Davis, 1887 (Cenomanian of Lebanon)
• A. elegans Bassani, 1879 (Cenomanian of Croatia)

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". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
3. Bartram, Alan (1977). "A problematical Upper Cretaceous holostean fish genus Aphanepygus". Journal of Natural History. 11 (4): 361–370. doi:10.1080/00222937700770271. ISSN 0022-2933.
4. MURRAY, ALISON M.; WILSON, MARK V. H. (2009). "A NEW LATE CRETACEOUS MACROSEMIID FISH (NEOPTERYGII, HALECOSTOMI) FROM MOROCCO, WITH TEMPORAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE EXTENSIONS FOR THE FAMILY". Palaeontology. 52 (2): 429–440. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00851.x. ISSN 0031-0239.
5. Arratia, G.; Schultze, H.-P. (2012-01-01). "The macrosemiiform fish companion of the Late Jurassic theropod Juravenator from Schamhaupten, Bavaria, Germany". Fossil Record. 15 (1): 5–25. doi:10.1002/mmng.201200001. ISSN 2193-0066.
6. Brito, Paulo M.; Vullo, Romain (2023-08-01). "A new species of Pleuropholis (Teleostei: Pleuropholidae) from the Upper Cretaceous Akrabou Formation of southeastern Morocco, with comments on the evolutionary history of the genus". Cretaceous Research. 148: 105500. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105500. ISSN 0195-6671.