Cretazeus

Extinct genus of fishes

Cretazeus rinaldii Temporal range: Campanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Zeiformes
Family:	incertae sedis
Genus:	Cretazeus Tyler, Bronzi & Ghiandoni, 2000
Species:	C. rinaldii
Binomial name
*Cretazeus rinaldii* Tyler, Bronzi & Ghiandoni, 2000 ^[1]

Cretazeus rinaldii is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish from the Campanian age of Nardò, Italy. It is the oldest known zeiform fish,^[2] and cannot yet be placed in any family.^[3]

References

^ J. C. Tyler, P. Bronzi & A. Ghiandoni (2000). "The Cretaceous fishes of Narò 11°. A new genus and species of Zeiformes, Cretazeus rinaldii, the earliest record for the order". Bolletino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona. 24: 11–28.
^ James C. Tyler & Francesco Santini (2005). "A phylogeny of the fossil and extant zeiform-like fishes, Upper Cretaceous to Recent, with comments on the putative zeomorph clade (Acanthomorpha)". Zoologica Scripta. 34 (2): 157–175. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2005.00180.x. S2CID 83790881.
^ James C. Tyler, Bruce O 'Toole & Richard Winterbottom (2003). "Phylogeny of the Genera and Families of Zeiform Fishes, with Comments on Their Relationships with Tetraodontiforms and Caproids". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 618 (618): 1–110. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.618. hdl:10088/5182.