Eastmanalepes

Eastmanalepes primaevus is an extinct species of prehistoric jack fish that lived from the Lutetian epoch, of what is now Monte Bolca, Italy.[1] It was originally described as a species of the jackfish genus Caranx, of which it has a superficially similar outline to. It differs from Caranx, and almost all other jackfish, in that it has very large, very pronounced scutes along its lateral line. According to Bannikov, E. primaevus is probably more related to the extinct jackfish genera, Eothynnus and Teratichthys.

Eastmanalepes
Temporal range: Lutetian[1]
E. primaevus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Genus: †Eastmanalepes
Bannikov, 1984
Species:
†E. primaevus
Binomial name
†Eastmanalepes primaevus
(Eastman, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Caranx primaevus Eastman, 1904

See also
  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References
  1. 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.
  • "Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at harvard college. Volume 46 - Page 29"


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