Actinopterygii Fish Fossils

Fish Fossils from Class Actinopterygii
The oldest fossils of class Actinopterygii, or ray-finned fishes, date to the Devonian period. By the late Paleozoic Era they had become the dominant vertebrates living in marine environments. The group to which nearly all extant Actinopterygians belong, the Teleosts (Subclass Neopterygii, Infraclass Teleostei), appeared in the late Triassic period. By the start of the Cenozoic Era, following the great extinction event concluding the Cretaceous, the teleosts dominated marine and aquatic environments worldwide.

Aeduella blainvillei Order Paleonisciformes Family Amblyppteridae Lower Permian Jeckenbach Formation, Germany	Encrinesomus dixoni Order Polypteriformes Family Bobastraniidae Triassic Ambilobe, Madagascar	Saurichthys Order Saurichthyformes Triassic Guizhou Province of China	Leptolepis talbragarensis Order Leptolepiformes Family Leptolepididae Jurassic New South Wales, Australia

Eurypholis boissieri (viper fish) with two eaten fish Cretaceous Lebanese Lagerstatt, Haqel, Lebanon	Aipichthys velifer Order Beryciformes Family Dinopterigidae Cretaceous Lebanese Lagerstatt, Haqel, Lebanon	Ctenothrissa sp. Order Ctenothrissiformes Family Ctenothrissidae Cretaceous Lebanese Lagerstatt, Hajoula, Lebanon	Enchelion montium Eel Fossil Order Anguilliformes Family Congridae Cretaceous Lebanese Lagerstatt, Haqel, Lebanon

Nematonotus longispinus Order Aulopiformes Cretaceous Lebanese Lagerstatt, Hajoula, Lebanon	Ichthyodectes ctenodon Order Polypteriformes Family Ichthyodectidae Cretaceous Niobrara Formation, Kansas	Exocoetoides minor Order Aulopiformes Family Chirothricidae Cretaceous Lebanese Lagerstatt, Hajoula, Lebanon	Belonostomus Order Aspidorynchiformes Family Aspidorynchidae Cretaceous Lebanese Lagerstatt, Haqel, Lebanon

Argyropelecus cosmovicii Order Stomiiformes Family Sternoptychidae Oligocene Carpathian Mountains, Poland	Diplomystus dentatus Order Ellimmichthyiformes Family Ellimmichthyidae Eocene Green River Formation, Wyoming	Priscacara liops Order Perciformes Family Priscacaridae Eocene Green River Formation, Wyoming	Syngnathus acus Order Syngnathiformes Family Syngnathidae Pliocene Marecchia River Formation, Italy

Clupea sp. Order Clupeiformes Family Clupeidae Oligocene Carpathian Mountains, Poland	Rhynchodercetis Order Alepisauriformes Family Dercetidae Cretaceous Ramlia Taouz, Morocco	Sparnodus sp. Order Perciformes Family Sparidae Eocene Monte Bolca Quarry, Italy	Eomyctophum cf. koraensis Order Myctophiformes Family Neoscopelidae Oligocene Rowe, Carpathian Mountains, Poland

Hippocampus ramulosus Order Syngnathiformes Family Syngnathidae Piocene Marecchia River Formation, Italy	Discoserra pectinodon Order Guildayichthyformes Family Guildayichthyidae Mississippian Bear Gulch Limestone, Montana	Triplomystus sp Order Ellemmichthyformes Family Paraclupeidae Late Cretaceous Ramlia Taouz, Morocco

Class Actinopterygii Fish Fossils (Ray Finned Fish)

Fish Fossils from Class Actinopterygii

Class Actinopterygii
Fish Fossils
(Ray Finned Fish)