Caeus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish, closely related to the modern milkfish. It contains a single species, C. leopoldi from the Early Cretaceous of the Pietraroja Plattenkalk, Italy.[2] It is one of the largest teleosts known from the Pietraroja formation, and is known by only a single specimen.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gonorynchiformes |
| Family: | Chanidae |
| Subfamily: | Chaninae |
| Genus: | †Caeus Costa, 1857 |
| Species: | †C. leopoldi
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It was first described as a genus without a species in 1857, before being officially described as a proper species in 1860. Some authorities have placed it as a species of the modern genus Chanos, but further studies have affirmed it as being a distinct genus. It is thought to be phylogenetically intermediate between Parachanos and Dastilbe.[3][4][5]
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References edit
- ^ Caeus at Paleobiology Database
- ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
- ^ a b Taverne, Louis; Capasso, Luigi (2017). "Osteology and relationships of Caeus ( " Chanos " ) leopoldi ( Teleostei , Gonorynchiformes , Chanidae ) from the marine Albian ( Early Cretaceous ) of Pietraroja ( Campania , southern Italy )" (PDF). Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona. 41: 03–20.
- ^ Taverne, Emmanuel Fara, Mireille Gayet, Louis (2010), "The Fossil Record of Gonorynchiformes" (PDF), Gonorynchiformes and Ostariophysan Relationships, CRC Press, doi:10.1201/b10194-6/fossil-record-gonorynchiformes-emmanuel-fara-mireille-gayet-louis-taverne, ISBN 978-0-429-06156-1, retrieved 2024-04-03
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Murray, Alison M.; Brinkman, Donald B.; Friedman, Matt; Krause, David W. (2023-03-04). "A large, freshwater chanid fish (Ostariophysi: Gonorynchiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of Madagascar". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 43 (2). doi:10.1080/02724634.2023.2255630. ISSN 0272-4634.
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