Crossopholis

Crossopholis
Temporal range:
Crossopholis magnicaudatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acipenseriformes
Family: Polyodontidae
Genus: †Crossopholis
Cope, 1883
Type species
Crossopholis magnicaudatus
Cope, 1883

Crossopholis is an extinct paddlefish known from the early Eocene (Ypresian) of North America, approximately 52 million years ago. It is a close relative of the contemporary American paddlefish, though it is thought to have been a fish-eater like the Chinese paddlefish rather than a filter feeder.

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