Aphanepygus Temporal range:
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A. dorsalis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Clade: | Ginglymodi |
Order: | †Macrosemiiformes (?) |
Genus: | †Aphanepygus Bassani, 1879 |
Species | |
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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]
The following species are known:[2]