Coelogaster
Sign in to saveCoelogaster is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish that lived during the early Eocene. It contains a single species, C. leptostea, known from the famous Monte Bolca site of Italy.
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- Eucoelogaster
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- 55800000-0
- end time
- 40400000-0
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Coelogaster is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish that lived during the early Eocene. It contains a single species, C. leptostea, known from the famous Monte Bolca site of Italy.
It is classified in the Anotophysi, and is generally considered a chanid of uncertain affinities, making it related to modern milkfish.
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