''Palaeobalistum goedeli'' is an extinct species of prehistoric

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or hor ...

that lived during the

Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of th ...

period. Fossils of this species have been found in

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in the sediments of the

Cenomanian The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in the s ...

Age (99.6 - 93.5 million years ago).Neal Robbin
Paleobalistum goedeli
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Description

''Palaeobalistum goedeli'' can reach a length of about and a height of about . Body is laterally compressed with an almost circular outline and a large snout. Teeth are columnar and thick, indicating a durophagous existence, breaking shells and crustaceans.
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References

Prehistoric ray-finned fish Pycnodontiformes Cretaceous bony fish {{Cretaceous-fish-stub