- Apsopelix
Taxobox
name = Apsopelix
fossil_range = Upper-Late Cretaceous
status = Fossil
regnum =Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
superclassis =Osteichthyes
classis =Actinopterygii
superordo =Clupeocephala
ordo =Crossognathiformes
familia =Crossognathidae
genus = ApsopelixApsopelix "Apsopelix agilis" were a type of
bony fish that existed about 95-80 million years ago in the shallow waters of theWestern Interior Seaway andHudson Seaway .Size was about 1.5 feet or 10-12cm, most likely they lived in schools but are seldem preserved as fossils. They were prey to theThalassomedon haningtoni who lived 93-90 Mya.External links
* [http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0512/feature3/learn.html Fish1]
* [http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/Actinopterygii/Crossognathiformes.htm Taxonomy]
* [http://www.oceansofkansas.com/SDSMT/SDSMT3/sdpach1.jpgFossils]
* [http://www.oceansofkansas.com/FossilFish/apsopel1.jpgFossils2]
* [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/historical/woodbury_1/woodbury_4.htm Information]
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