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Charitosomus

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Charitosomus
Temporal range: Late Santonian to Campanian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gonorynchiformes
Family: Gonorynchidae
Genus: Charitosomus
von der Marck, 1885
Species

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Charitosomus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish from the Late Cretaceous, related to modern beaked salmons. They were nektonic carnivores in life.[1]

It contains the following species:[2]

The species C. hakelensis (Davis, 1887) from the Late Cenomanian of Lebanon is now placed in its own genus, Hakeliosomus. Another species, C. hermani Taverne, 1976, from the late Albian-middle Cenomanian of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is presently considered an indeterminate gonorynchid.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  2. ^ a b Taverne, Emmanuel Fara, Mireille Gayet, Louis (2010), "The Fossil Record of Gonorynchiformes", Gonorynchiformes and Ostariophysan Relationships, CRC Press, doi:10.1201/b10194-6/fossil-record-gonorynchiformes-emmanuel-fara-mireille-gayet-louis-taverne, ISBN 978-0-429-06156-1, retrieved 2024-05-09{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)