Archaephippus

Archaephippus ("ancient Ephippus") is an extinct genus of prehistoric spadefish that lived from the early Eocene.[1] It contains a single species, A. asper, known from Italy.[2] Several exquisitely preserved fossils have been found from the Monte Bolca lagerstatten.[3] Some juvenile specimens preserve the vertical striped coloration that they would have likely had in life.[4]

It was originally described as Chaetodon asper Volta, 1796, which was given the new name Ephippus oblongus by Agassiz (1835).[5] When it was placed in its own genus, the original specific epithet was revived.

## See also

* Prehistoric fish
* List of prehistoric bony fish

## References

1. ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
2. ↑ "PBDB". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35948.
3. ↑ Carnevale, G.; Bannikov, Alexandre F.; Marramà, G.; Tyler, James C.; Zorzin., R. (2014). "The Bolca Fossil-Lagerstätte: A window into the Eocene World. 5. The Pesciara- Monte Postale Fossil-Lagerstätte: 2. Fishes and other vertebrates. Excursion guide". Rendiconti della Società Paleontologica Italiana. http://repository.si.edu/xmlui/handle/10088/25678.
4. ↑ Vinther, Jakob (2015). "A guide to the field of palaeo colour: Melanin and other pigments can fossilise: Reconstructing colour patterns from ancient organisms can give new insights to ecology and behaviour" (in en). BioEssays 37 (6): 643–656. doi:10.1002/bies.201500018. ISSN 0265-9247. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.201500018.
5. ↑ Geology, British Museum (Natural History) Department of; Woodward, Arthur Smith (1901) (in en). Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History): Actinopterygian Teleostomi of the suborders Isospondyli (in part), Ostariophysi, Apodes, Percesoces, Hemibranchii, Acanthopterygii, and Anacanthini. order of the Trustees. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Catalogue_of_the_Fossil_Fishes_in_the_Br/ZtEKAQAAIAAJ?.

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