Argilloberyx
Extinct genus of fishes
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Argilloberyx is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.[1] It contains one species, A. prestwichae, known from the London Clay Formation on the Isle of Sheppey, United Kingdom. It is considered a member of the family Berycidae.[2][3]
| Argilloberyx Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beryciformes |
| Family: | Berycidae |
| Genus: | †Argilloberyx Casier, 1966 |
| Species: | †A. prestwichae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Argilloberyx prestwichae Casier, 1966 | |
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