Bananogmius

{{{name}}} Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subdivision:	Bananogmius ellisensis
Class:	Actinopterygii
Infraclass:	Teleostei
Order:	Tselfatiformes
Family:	Plethodidae
Genus:	Bananogmius

Bananogmius is an extinct genus of bony 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 the Late Cretaceous.^[1]^[2]

Description[]

In popular culture[]

Although Bananogmius evolutus was depicted in Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure, that species is not considered to be a member of the genus Bananogmius, and is currently in the genus Pentanogmius.^[2]

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References[]

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.

External links[]

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/seamonsters/timeline/#bananogmius

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[Fielitz_&_Shimada,_1999-1] 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.

[Taverne,_2001-2] 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.

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