Casierius is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.[1] It was a relative of the modern bonefish in the extinct family Phyllodontidae, although some authorities consider it either a true albulid (making it even more closely related to bonefish) or a very early eel.[2][3][4][5] It contains a single species, C. heckeli, known from the Glen Rose Formation near Hood County, Texas.[6]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Albuliformes |
| Family: | †Phyllodontidae |
| Genus: | †Casierius Estes, 1969 |
| Species: | †C. heckeli
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| †Casierius heckeli Estes, 1969
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See also
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References
edit- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.1-560&rft.date=2002&rft.aulast=Sepkoski&rft.aufirst=Jack&rft_id=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Casierius" class="Z3988">
- ^ Guinot, Guillaume; Cavin, Lionel (2018). "Body size evolution and habitat colonization across 100 million years (Late Jurassic–Paleocene) of the actinopterygian evolutionary history". Fish and Fisheries. 19 (4): 577–597. doi:10.1111/faf.12275. ISSN 1467-2960.577-597&rft.date=2018&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111/faf.12275&rft.issn=1467-2960&rft.aulast=Guinot&rft.aufirst=Guillaume&rft.au=Cavin, Lionel&rft_id=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/faf.12275&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Casierius" class="Z3988">
- ^ "Albuloidei". www.mv.helsinki.fi. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ Halliday, Thomas J. D.; Cuff, Andrew R.; Prasad, Guntupalli V. R.; Thanglemmoi, Mechek S.; Goswami, Anjali (May 2016). Johanson, Zerina (ed.). "New record of E gertonia (Elopiformes, Phyllodontidae) from the Late Cretaceous of South India". Papers in Palaeontology. 2 (2): 287–294. doi:10.1002/spp2.1040. ISSN 2056-2799.287-294&rft.date=2016-05&rft_id=info:doi/10.1002/spp2.1040&rft.issn=2056-2799&rft.aulast=Halliday&rft.aufirst=Thomas J. D.&rft.au=Cuff, Andrew R.&rft.au=Prasad, Guntupalli V. R.&rft.au=Thanglemmoi, Mechek S.&rft.au=Goswami, Anjali&rft_id=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.1040&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Casierius" class="Z3988">
- ^ Schwarzhans, Werner; Stringer, Gary L.; Welton, Bruce (2022-12-01). "Oldest Teleostean Otolith Assemblage from North America (Pawpaw Formation, Lower Cretaceous, upper Albian, northeast Texas, USA)". Cretaceous Research. 140: 105307. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105307. ISSN 0195-6671.
- ^ "†Casierius Estes 1969 (eel)". PBDB.
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