Berycopsis
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Berycopsis is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish from the Late Cretaceous period. Fossils are known from England, Germany, and Lebanon. A potential specimen is known from the Czech Republic.
It is generally placed among the beardfish in the family Polymixiidae. However, one 2009 study found it to be a more basal acanthomorph, and tentatively placed it as Beryciformes incertae sedis. However, later studies have continued to place it in the Polymixiidae.
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Lebanon
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Cretaceous
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Jurassic
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Hippocampus
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Triassic
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Cambrian
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Campanian genus extinctionsCenomanian genus first appearancesCretaceous fish of EuropeFossils of EnglandFossils of GermanyFossils of LebanonFossil taxa described in 1850Late Cretaceous bony fishLate Cretaceous fish of AsiaPolymixiiformesPrehistoric ray-finned fish generaTaxa named by Louis AgassizTuronian genera