Bluefieldius
Bluefieldius is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Late Mississippian (Early Carboniferous) epoch in what is now West Virginia, United States.[1] It is known from a single fossil collected from the late Serpukhovian or early Viséan Bluefield Formation.[2] The type and only species (monotypy) is Bluefieldius mercerensis.
| Bluefieldius Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Holotype specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Genus: | †Bluefieldius Mickle, 2018 |
| Species: | †B. mercerensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Bluefieldius mercerensis Mickle, 2018 | |
It has a "palaeoniscoid" body plan, although as that order is thought to be paraphyletic, it was described as an indeterminate actinopterygian.[2]
References
- "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
- Mickle, Kathryn E. (2018). "A new lower actinopterygian fish from the Upper Mississippian Bluefield Formation of West Virginia, USA". PeerJ. 6: e5533. doi:10.7717/peerj.5533. PMC 6119456. PMID 30186696.
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