Calamopleurus

Calamopleurus; Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Calamopleurus cylindricus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Amiiformes
Family:	Amiidae
Genus:	Calamopleurus; Agassiz, 1841
Type species
	Calamopleurus cylindricus;

Calamopleurus is an extinct genus of bowfins, comprising three species: C. cylindricus and C. mawsoni from Brazil and C. africanus from Africa.[1]

Calamopleurus and Rhacolepis

References

Peter L. Forey & Lance Grande (1998). "An African twin to the Brazilian Calamopleurus (Actinopterygii: Amiidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 123 (2): 179–195. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb01299.x.

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[1] Peter L. Forey & Lance Grande (1998). "An African twin to the Brazilian Calamopleurus (Actinopterygii: Amiidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 123 (2): 179–195. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb01299.x.