Dastilbe

Dastilbe
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
~115–113 Ma
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D. crandalli fossil from Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gonorynchiformes
Family: Chanidae
Subfamily: Chaninae
Genus: †Dastilbe
Jordan, 1910
Species:
†D. crandalli
Binomial name
†Dastilbe crandalli
Jordan, 1910[1]
Synonyms
  • ?†D. elongatus Santos, 1947

Dastilbe is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine & freshwater ray-finned fish from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil. It was a relative of modern milkfish.[2]

  1. ^ "The Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 2022-03-25. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  2. ^ Taverne, Emmanuel Fara, Mireille Gayet, Louis (2010), "The Fossil Record of Gonorynchiformes", Gonorynchiformes and Ostariophysan Relationships, CRC Press, pp. 173–226, doi:10.1201/b10194-6, ISBN 978-0-429-06156-1, retrieved 2024-05-09{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)