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Extinct genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Archaeozeus is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish from the Ypresian epoch Fur Formation of Denmark. It contains a single species, A. skamolensis, and is the only member of the family Archaeozeidae.[1][2][3] It is considered the most basal member of the order Zeiformes.[4][5]
Archaeozeus Temporal range: Ypresian, | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Zeiformes |
Family: | †Archaeozeidae Tyler & Santini, 2005 |
Genus: | †Archaeozeus Bonde & Tyler in Tyler et al., 2001 |
Species: | †A. skamolensis |
Binomial name | |
†Archaeozeus skamolensis Bonde & Tyler in Tyler et al., 2001 | |