Casierius is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.[1] It was a relative of the modern bonefish in the extinct family Phyllodontidae, although some authorities consider it either a true albulid (making it even more closely related to bonefish) or a very early eel.[2][3][4][5] It contains a single species, C. heckeli, known from the Glen Rose Formation near Hood County, Texas.[6]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Albuliformes |
Family: | †Phyllodontidae |
Genus: | †Casierius Estes, 1969 |
Species: |
†C. heckeli
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Binomial name | |
†Casierius heckeli Estes, 1969 |
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