Carangodes

Carangodes is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the early Eocene. It contains a single species, C. bicornis, from the famous Monte Bolca site in Italy. It is the only known member of the extinct scombriform family Carangodidae. ^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Carangodes Temporal range: Early Eocene[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	†Carangodidae Blot, 1969
Genus:	†Carangodes Heckel, 1856
Species:	†C. bicornis
Binomial name
†Carangodes bicornis (Volta, 1796)
Synonyms
†C. cephalus Heckel, 1856

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish