Goniocranion
Extinct genus of fishes
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Goniocranion is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the lower Eocene.[1] It contains a single species, G. arambourgi from the London Clay of England. Initially described as an early pomfret, it may instead be a lampriform.[2][3]
| Goniocranion Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Acanthomorpha |
| Genus: | †Goniocranion Casier, 1966 |
| Species: | †G. arambourgi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Goniocranion arambourgi Casier, 1966 | |