Exocoetoides
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| Exocoetoides Temporal range: | |
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| Fossil of E. minor. Cenomanian of Haqel, Lebanon | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes (?) |
| Family: | †Cheirothricidae |
| Genus: | †Exocoetoides Davis, 1887 |
| Species: | †E. minor |
| Binomial name | |
| †Exocoetoides minor | |
Exocoetoides is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish from the Late Cretaceous.[2] The genus name is derived from its resemblance to Exocoetus, a modern-day flying fish. [3]
It contains a single species, E. minor Davis, 1887, known from the Cenomanian-aged Sannine Formation of Lebanon.[4][5] "Engraulis evolans" Agassiz, 1835 from the Early Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy was also assigned to this genus by Gorjanovic-Kramberger (1895), although Grande (1985) found this species to most likely represent a juvenile true flying fish.[4][6]
