Natural History
Chanoides
Chanoides ("similar to Chanos") is an extinct genus of marine stem-otophysan ray-finned fish from the Eocene of Europe. It contains a single species, C. macropoma from the Early Eocene-aged Monte Bolca site of Italy. It is the only known member of the family Chanoididae. Due to its unique taxonomic placement as a basal otophysan, one of the most diverse of modern fish groups, Colin Patterson referred to Chanoides as having "the same importance [among otophysans] as Archaeopteryx among birds or Morganucodon among mammals".
Also on this shelf
Eastern meadow vole.
Cozumel.
See also
- ▸Devil's Lake State Park (Wisconsin)
- ▸Cathedral of Christ the Light (Oakland, California)
- ▸Dinosaur Provincial Park
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