Aphanepygus
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| Aphanepygus Temporal range: | |
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| A. dorsalis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Ginglymodi |
| Order: | †Macrosemiiformes (?) |
| Genus: | †Aphanepygus Bassani, 1879 |
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Aphanepygus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine holostean ray-finned fish that lived during the upper Cenomanian. It inhabited the former Tethys Ocean, with remains known from Lebanon and Croatia.[1][2] Its exact affinities are uncertain, although it is usually recovered as a relative of the macrosemiids.[3][4][5] However, other authorities recover it in the Ionoscopiformes.[6]
The following species are known:[2]
- A. dorsalis Davis, 1887 (Cenomanian of Lebanon)
- A. elegans Bassani, 1879 (Cenomanian of Croatia)
