Ctenodentex is an extinct genus of prehistoric seabream from the middle Eocene of Europe.[1][2] It contains a single species, C. laekeniensis, from the Bartonian-aged Wemmel Member of the Maldegem Formation in Belgium.[3][4][5] It was initially described as Dentex laekeniensis before being placed in its own genus, Ctenodentex, although some authors continue to classify it in Dentex.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Sparidae |
| Genus: | †Ctenodentex Storms, 1896 |
| Species: | †C. laekeniensis
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| †Ctenodentex laekeniensis (van Beneden, 1872)
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Plesioserranus Casier, 1966, a putative serranid from the same formation which only contains the single species P. wemmeliensis Storms, 1896 (=Serranus wemmeliensis Storms, 1896), was found to be synonymous with C. laekeniensis based on their identical otolith morphology.[3]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
- ^ Day, Julia J. (2002). "Evolutionary relationships of the Sparidae (Teleostei: Percoidei): integrating fossil and Recent data". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 93 (4): 333–353. doi:10.1017/S0263593300000468. ISSN 1473-7116.
- ^ a b c Schwarzhans, Werner; Beckett, Hermione T.; Schein, Jason D.; Friedman, Matt (2018). Rahman, Imran (ed.). "Computed tomography scanning as a tool for linking the skeletal and otolith-based fossil records of teleost fishes". Palaeontology. 61 (4): 511–541. Bibcode:2018Palgy..61..511S. doi:10.1111/pala.12349. hdl:2027.42/144669. ISSN 0031-0239.
- ^ "Ctenodentex lakeniensis (P.J. Van Beneden, 1872) — RBINS Virtual Collections". virtualcollections.naturalsciences.be. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
- ^ Leriche, Maurice (1905). Les poissons éocènes de la Belgique (in French). Polleunis & Ceuterick, impr.
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