Sphenocephalus
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Sphenocephalus is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the Cretaceous
period. Fossils have been found in England and Italy.
Sphenocephalus was about 20 centimetres (7.9 in) long, with a rather large head, and may have resembled a modern black bass
in appearance. It was one of the earliest fish to have the pelvic fins placed beneath th pectoral fins, a common feature in modern fish that improves swimming manoeuvrability. Like the modern trout-perches, it possessed a mixture of modern and primitive features, and it was probably one of the earliest perciform fish.
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous , derived from the Latin "creta" , usually abbreviated K for its German translation Kreide , is a geologic period and system from circa to million years ago. In the geologic timescale, the Cretaceous follows the Jurassic period and is followed by the Paleogene period of the...
period. Fossils have been found in England and Italy.
Sphenocephalus was about 20 centimetres (7.9 in) long, with a rather large head, and may have resembled a modern black bass
Black bass
Micropterus , is a genus of freshwater fish in the sunfish family of order Perciformes. The type species is M. dolomieu, the smallmouth bass...
in appearance. It was one of the earliest fish to have the pelvic fins placed beneath th pectoral fins, a common feature in modern fish that improves swimming manoeuvrability. Like the modern trout-perches, it possessed a mixture of modern and primitive features, and it was probably one of the earliest perciform fish.