Casieroides is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish. It contains a single species, C. yamangaensis from the Early Cretaceous Loia Formation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1][2][3]

Casieroides
Temporal range: Early Albian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Superorder: Protacanthopterygii (?)
Genus: Casieroides
Taverne, 1975
Species:
C. yamangaensis
Binomial name
Casieroides yamangaensis
(Casier, 1961)
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Its taxonomic identity is uncertain, as it has alternatively been classified as a "clupeoid", a pattersonellid, or a salmoniform. The latter classification is now thought to be a wastebasket treatment.[2][4][5]

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References

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  1. ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
  2. ^ a b Taverne, Louis (1974). "SUR L'ORIGINE DES TÉLÉOSTÉENS GONORHYNCHIFORMES" (PDF). Bull. Soc. belge Géologie. 83 (1): 55–60.
  3. ^ Parméra, Thaís C. C.; Gallo, Valéria; Silva, Hilda M. a. Da; Figueiredo, Francisco J. De (2017-03-02). "Distributional patterns of Aptian-Albian paleoichthyofauna of Brazil and Africa based on Track Analysis". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 91: e20160456. doi:10.1590/0001-3765201720160456. ISSN 0001-3765.
  4. ^ Maisey, John G. (2000). "Continental break up and the distribution of fishes of Western Gondwana during the Early Cretaceous". Cretaceous Research. 21 (2–3): 281–314. doi:10.1006/cres.1999.0195. ISSN 0195-6671.
  5. ^ Gallo, Valéria; de Figueiredo, Francisco J.; Azevedo, Sergio A. (2009). "Santanasalmo elegans gen. et sp. nov., a basal euteleostean fish from the Lower Cretaceous of the Araripe Basin, northeastern Brazil - Supplementary Material" (PDF). Cretaceous Research. 30 (6): 1357–1366. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2009.07.005. ISSN 0195-6671.
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