Casierius

Extinct genus of fishes

Casierius Temporal range: Early Albian^[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Albuliformes
Family:	†Phyllodontidae
Genus:	†Casierius Estes, 1969
Species:	†C. heckeli
Binomial name
†Casierius heckeli Estes, 1969

Casierius is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.^[1] It was a relative of the modern bonefish in the extinct family Phyllodontidae, although some authorities consider it either a true albulid (making it even more closely related to bonefish) or a very early eel.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] It contains a single species, C. heckeli, known from the Glen Rose Formation near Hood County, Texas.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
^ Guinot, Guillaume; Cavin, Lionel (2018). "Body size evolution and habitat colonization across 100 million years (Late Jurassic–Paleocene) of the actinopterygian evolutionary history". Fish and Fisheries. 19 (4): 577–597. doi:10.1111/faf.12275. ISSN 1467-2960.
^ "Albuloidei". www.mv.helsinki.fi. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
^ Halliday, Thomas J. D.; Cuff, Andrew R.; Prasad, Guntupalli V. R.; Thanglemmoi, Mechek S.; Goswami, Anjali (May 2016). Johanson, Zerina (ed.). "New record of E gertonia (Elopiformes, Phyllodontidae) from the Late Cretaceous of South India". Papers in Palaeontology. 2 (2): 287–294. doi:10.1002/spp2.1040. ISSN 2056-2799.
^ Schwarzhans, Werner; Stringer, Gary L.; Welton, Bruce (2022-12-01). "Oldest Teleostean Otolith Assemblage from North America (Pawpaw Formation, Lower Cretaceous, upper Albian, northeast Texas, USA)". Cretaceous Research. 140: 105307. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105307. ISSN 0195-6671.
^ "†Casierius Estes 1969 (eel)". PBDB.

Elopomorph genera

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Subclass: Neopterygii
Infraclass: Teleostei

Actinopterygii

- see Actinopterygii

Neopterygii

- see Neopterygii

Teleostei

see Teleostei
Elopomorpha	see below↓

Elopomorpha

Elopiformes

†Anaethalion †Aulothrissus †Daitingichthys †Davichthys †Echinelops †Eichstaettia †Elopsomolos †Eoprotelops †Epaelops †Flindersichthys †Ichthyemidion †Leptoelops †Naiathaelon †Protelops
†Phyllodontidae	Egertonia Eodiaphyodus Paralbula Phyllodus Pseudoegertonia
Elopidae	†Ctenodentelops Elops †Kipalelops †Lyrolepis †Protoelops
Megalopidae	†Arratiaelops †Brouweria †Elopoides Megalops †Paratarpon †Promegalops †Protarpon †Sedenhorstia

Albuliformes

†Baugeichthys †Brannerion †Bullichthys †Euroka †Farinichthys †Holcolepis †Lebonichthys †Marathonichthys †Osmeroides †Palealbula †Paraelops †Protalbula †Stewartichthys
Albulidae	Albula †Casierius †Deltaichthys †Elopothrissus †Hajulia †Istieus †Italoalbula Nemoossis †Nunaneichthys †Phosphonatator †Pteralbula Pterothrissus

Notacanthiformes

Notacanthidae	Lipogenys Notacanthus Polyacanthonotus
Halosauridae	Aldrovandia †Echidnocephalus Halosauropsis Halosaurus †Laytonia