Amphiperca
Extinct genus of fishes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amphiperca is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater perciform fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene of Europe.[1] It has one known species, A. multiformis, known from the famous Messel Pit of Germany. Indeterminate remains are known from concurrent formations in Occitanie, France.[2] It was a predatory fish that is known to have fed on Thaumaturus and Rhenanoperca.[3]
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Amphiperca | |
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Specimen at State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Superfamily: | Percoidea |
Genus: | †Amphiperca Weitzel, 1933 |
Species: | †A. multiformis |
Binomial name | |
†Amphiperca multiformis Weitzel, 1933 | |
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Some authors have suggested serranid or percichthyid affinities for it.[4]