Cladocyclus
Temporal range: Albian-Cenomanian
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Fossil of Cladocyclus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
†Ichthyodectiformes
Family:
†Cladocyclidae
Genus:
Cladocyclus

Agassiz, 1843
Species
  • C. gardneri Agassiz 1843
  • C. geddesi Berrell 2014
  • C. lewesiensis Agassiz 1887
  • C. occidentalis Leidy 1856

Cladocyclus (derived from the Greek κλάδος/kládos ("branch") and κύκλος/kýklos ("circle")[1]) is an extinct genus of Ichthyodectidae. It was a predatory fish of about 1.20 metres (3.9 ft) in length, found in the Albian Romualdo and Crato Formations of the Araripe Basin in northeastern Brazil.[2] The species Cladocyclus geddesi is known from the Winton Formation of Australia.[3] Cladocyclus pankowskii, discovered in the Cenomanian Kem Kem Bed of Morocco in 2007,[4] is reclassified to genus Aidachar.[5]

References

  1. ↑ NOMENCLATOR ZOOLOGICUS – NOMENCLATORE ZOOLOGICO. Pisces
  2. ↑ "Cladocyclus Ichthyodectoid Cretaceous Fossil Fish". Paleo Direct Fossils & Artifacts. Archived from the original on July 9, 2009.
  3. ↑ Berrell; Alvarado-Ortega; Yabumoto; Salisbury, Rodney W.; Jesús; Yoshitaka; Steven W. (7 June 2014). "The First Record of the Ichthyodectiform Fish Cladocyclus from Eastern Gondwana: A New Species from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 59 (4): 903–902. doi:10.4202/app.2012.0019. S2CID 59019268.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ Forey, Peter L.; Cavin, Lionel (2007). "A new species of Cladocyclus (Teleostei: Ichthyodectiformes) from the Cenomanian of Morocco" (PDF). Palaeontologia Electronica.
  5. ↑ Mkhitaryan, T.G.; Averianov, A.O. (2011-06-25). "New material and phylogenetic position of Aidachar paludalis Nesov, 1981 (Actinopterygii, Ichthyodectiformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan". Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS. 315 (2): 181–192. doi:10.31610/trudyzin/2011.315.2.181. ISSN 0206-0477.


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