Dactylopogon is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Late Cretaceous.[1] It contains a single species, D. grandis from the Campanian of the Ahlen Formation of Germany. It was previously considered a myctophiform, but more recent studies have found it to be an elopomorph.[2][3][4] A second species, D. parvulus from the Cenomanian-aged Sannine Formation in Lebanon has also sometimes been placed in this genus.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Superorder: | Elopomorpha |
| Genus: | †Dactylopogon von der Marck, 1868 |
| Species: | †D. grandis
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| †Dactylopogon grandis von der Marck, 1868
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See also
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References
edit- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ a b "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
- ^ Dietze, Kathrin (2004-07-09). "Description of the Late Cretaceous teleost Dactylopogon grandis von der Marck (Westphalia, Germany)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen: 181–194. doi:10.1127/njgpa/232/2004/181.
- ^ Dietze, Kathrin (2009). "Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of certain neoteleostean fishes from the Upper Cretaceous of Sendenhorst, Germany". Cretaceous Research. 30 (3): 559–574. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2008.11.001. ISSN 0195-6671.
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