Rhacolepis
Extinct genus of fishes
Rhacolepis Temporal range: Aptian ~119–113 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Rhacolepis buccalis | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Crossognathiformes |
Family: | †Pachyrhizodontidae |
Genus: | †Rhacolepis Agassiz, 1843 |
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Rhacolepis is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish[1] from the Cretaceous Santana Formation of Brazil.[2] Complete fossilised hearts from this species have been recovered.[3]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Rhacolepis_buccalis_skull.jpg/220px-Rhacolepis_buccalis_skull.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Rhacolepis_inside_the_stomach_of_a_Notelops_brama.jpg/220px-Rhacolepis_inside_the_stomach_of_a_Notelops_brama.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Rhacolepis_buccalis_with_several_hundred_small_shrimp_in_stomach_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Rhacolepis_buccalis_with_several_hundred_small_shrimp_in_stomach_%28cropped%29.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Rhacolepis_Vienna.jpg/220px-Rhacolepis_Vienna.jpg)
References
- ^ "Rhacolepis". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
- ^ Donald B. Brinkman & A. G. Neuman (2002). "Teleost centra from uppermost Judith River Group (Dinosaur Park Formation, Campanian) of Alberta, Canada" (PDF). Journal of Paleontology. 76 (1): 138–155. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2002)076<0138:TCFUJR>2.0.CO;2. S2CID 130770708.
- ^ Maldanis et al. (2016) Heart fossilization is possible and informs the evolution of cardiac outflow tract in vertebrates
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Teleostei sensu de Pinna, 1996 (= Teleosteomorpha)
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