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Eosynanceja

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Eosynanceja ("dawn Synanceia") is an extinct genus of prehistoric scorpionfish that lived during the Eocene.[1] It contains a single species, E. brabantica, known from the Early Eocene of Belgium.[2][3]

It is the oldest known scorpaenoid—and one of the oldest definitive crown group perciforms—to be known from body fossils.[4] It is known from portions of the jaw, cheek, and vertebral column.[5]

See also

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

  1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named sepkoskidb
  2. ↑ Dobbels, Leon (1994). "Soortenlijst van fossiele vissen uit het Eoceen van België". Afzettingen WTKG 15 (4). https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/566640/AFZ1994015004010.pdf. 
  3. ↑ "PBDB Taxon". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35896. 
  4. ↑ Near, Thomas J.; Thacker, Christine E. (2024-04-18). "Phylogenetic Classification of Living and Fossil Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 65 (1). doi:10.3374/014.065.0101. ISSN 0079-032X. https://bioone.org/journals/bulletin-of-the-peabody-museum-of-natural-history/volume-65/issue-1/014.065.0101/Phylogenetic-Classification-of-Living-and-Fossil-Ray-Finned-Fishes-Actinopterygii/10.3374/014.065.0101.full. 
  5. ↑ Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 2003. pp. 164. doi:10.5860/choice.40-6159. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54a3679de4b0d88dbda40971/t/54a3ac11e4b0fe11941215cb/1420012561410/3_SmithScorpaeniformesII.pdf. 

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