Brychaetus

Brychaetus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Paleocene
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Genus:
Brychaetus
Species:
B. muelleri
Binomial name
Brychaetus muelleri
(Agassiz, 1845)
Synonyms[1]

Pomphractus
Platops

Brychaetus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony tongue known from the Late Cretaceous to the Paleocene. It contains a single species, Brychaetus muelleri Its fossils have been found in Europe, North America, and northern Africa. This freshwater fish had very long, blunt teeth.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Frickhinger, Karl Albert (1995). Fossil Atlas: Fishes. Trans. Dr. R.P.S. Jefferies. Blacksburg, Virginia: Tetra Press.



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