''Carangodes'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric
ray-finned fish that lived during the early
Eocene. It contains a single species, ''C. bicornis'', from the famous
Monte Bolca
Monte Bolca is a lagerstätte near Verona, Italy that was one of the first fossil sites with high quality preservation known to Europeans, and is still an important source of fossils from the Eocene.
Geology
Monte Bolca was uplifted from the T ...
site in Italy. It is the only known member of the extinct
perciform family Carangodidae.
See also
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Prehistoric fish
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List of prehistoric bony fish
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College
Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies, known simply as List College, is the undergraduate school of the J ...
References
Prehistoric perciform genera
Eocene fish of Europe
Ypresian genera
Fossils of Italy
Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel
Fossil taxa described in 1856
Monotypic prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
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