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 Temporal range: Late Jurassic—Early Cretaceous,
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| Fossil specimen of C. notopterus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Ginglymodi |
| Order: | †Semionotiformes |
| Family: | †Callipurbeckiidae |
| Genus: | †Callipurbeckia López-Arbarello, 2012 |
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| †Lepidotes minor Agassiz, 1833
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†C. minor (Agassiz, 1833) | |
It contains three species, which were previously classified in the related lepisosteiform genus Lepidotes.[1][2]
- C. minor (Agassiz, 1833) - Earliest Cretaceous (Berriasian) of England (Purbeck Beds)
- C. notopterus (Agassiz, 1835) - Late Jurassic (Tithonian) of Germany (Solnhofen Limestone)
- C. tendaguruensis (Arratia & Schultze, 1999) - Late Jurassic (Tithonian) of Tanzania (Tendaguru Formation)
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]
References
edit- ^ a b c López-Arbarello, Adriana (2012-07-11). "Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Ginglymodian Fishes (Actinopterygii: Neopterygii)". PLoS ONE. 7 (7): e39370. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...739370L. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039370. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3394768. PMID 22808031. ProQuest 1325499802.
- ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
- ^ López-Arbarello, Adriana; Wencker, Lukardis C. M. (2016-09-01). "New callipurbeckiid genus (Ginglymodi: Semionotiformes) from the Tithonian (Late Jurassic) of Canjuers, France". PalZ. 90 (3): 543–560. Bibcode:2016PalZ...90..543L. doi:10.1007/s12542-016-0312-x. ISSN 1867-6812.
- ^ López-Arbarello, Adriana; Alvarado-Ortega, Jesús (2011-01-26). "New semionotiform (Neopterygii) from the Tlayúa Quarry (Early Cretaceous, Albian), Mexico". Zootaxa. 2749 (1): 1–24. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2749.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
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