Callipurbeckia is an extinct genus of marine semionotiform ray-finned fish from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous periods. Fossils have been found in Germany, Tanzania, and England.[1]
Callipurbeckia
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Fossil specimen of C. notopterus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Clade: | Ginglymodi |
Order: | †Semionotiformes |
Family: | †Callipurbeckiidae |
Genus: | †Callipurbeckia López-Arbarello, 2012 |
Type species | |
†Lepidotes minor Agassiz, 1833 | |
Species | |
†C. minor (Agassiz, 1833) |
It contains three species, which were previously classified in the related lepisosteiform genus Lepidotes.[1][2]
Potential relatives of Callipurbeckia include Occitanichthys from the Tithonian of France (formerly confused with C. minor) and Tlayuamichin from the Albian of Mexico.[3][4]
Its name comes from "calli-", from an Ancient Greek word meaning beautiful, and "Purbeck", from the modern-day name of the area where a specimen of it was found.[1]
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