Callipteryx Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Trachiniformes |
Family: | †
Callipterygidae Jordan, 1905 |
Genus: | †
Callipteryx Agassiz, 1838 |
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Callipteryx is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine trachiniform fish that lived during the early Eocene. It is the only known member of the extinct family Callipterygidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is thought to have been a relative of weeverfishes. [5]
It contains two species, both from the famous Monte Bolca site of Italy: [2] [3]