Berycomorus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the late Eocene epoch. It contains a single species, B. firdoussi, from the Pabdeh Formation of Iran.[2][3]
| Berycomorus Temporal range: Late Eocene,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beryciformes |
| Genus: | †Berycomorus Arambourg, 1967 |
| Species: | †B. firdoussi
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| †Berycomorus firdoussi (Arambourg, 1967)
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Its formation has been usually dated to the early Oligocene, though more recent studies have found it to date to the late Eocene. Some studies have found it to specifically be a berycid, although it is generally considered an indeterminate beryciform. It appears to have inhabited a deep-ocean habitat in the Tethys Ocean, based on the abundance of stomiiform fossils from the same formation.[3][4][5]
See also
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- ^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ^ a b عوفی, فریدون; دادگر, شهرام; ربانی ها, مهناز (2016-05-01). "شناسایی و بررسی جغرافیای دیرینه فسیل ماهیان نواحی البرز، زاگرس و فلات مرکزی ایران". فصلنامه محیط زیست جانوری (in Persian). 8 (1): 121–128. ISSN 2717-1388.
- ^ Bannikov, A. F.; Erebakan, I. G. (2023-10-01). "On the Evolution of Some Groups of Marine Bony Fishes in the Cenozoic of the Tethys and Paratethys". Paleontological Journal. 57 (5): 475–490. doi:10.1134/S0031030123050015. ISSN 1555-6174.
- ^ Bahrami, Ali (2014). "A new deep-sea hatchetfish (Teleostei: Stomiiformes: Sternoptychidae) from the Eocene of Ilam, Zagros Basin, Iran". Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana. 53 (1): 27–37.
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