Bananogmius

Bananogmius is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived in what is today Kansas during the Late Cretaceous. It lived in the Western Interior Seaway, which split North America in two during the Late Cretaceous.[1][2] Some species like B. evolutus later reclassified as Pentanogmius.[3]

Bananogmius
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Artist's impression of B. aratus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Tselfatiiformes
Family: †Plethodidae
Genus: †Bananogmius
Whitley, 1940
Species
  • † Bananogmius auratus
    (Cope, 1877)
  • † Bananogmius ellisensis
  • † Bananogmius favirostri
  • † Bananogmius ornatus

Description

As with many plethodids, Bananogmius had a thin body reminiscent of the modern angelfish, dozens of small teeth, and an high dorsal fin.[4]

References
  1. Fielitz C, Shimada K. 1999. A new species of Bananogmius (Teleostei; Tselfatiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous Carlile Shale of western Kansas. Journal of Paleontology 73(3): 504-511.
  2. Taverne L. 2001. Révision du genre Bananogmius (Teleostei, Tselfatiiformes), poisson marin du Crétecé supérior d'Amérique du Nord et d'Europe. Geodiversitas 23(1):17-40.
  3. Taverna, L. (2000). "Ostéologie et position systématique du genre Plethodus et des nouveaux genres Dixonanogmius et Pentanogmius, poissons marins du Crétacé (Teleostei, Tselfatiiformes)". Biologisch Jaarboek Dodonaea. 67 (1): 94–123.
  4. Everhart, Mike (23 Aug 2011). "Plethodids". Oceans of Kansas. Retrieved 28 April 2014.


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