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On the piscivorous behaviour of the Early Cretaceous amiiform neopterygian fish Calamopleurus cylindricus from the Santana Formation, northeast Brazil∙

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2014

E.W.A. Mulder
E.W.A. Mulder*
Affiliation:
Museum Natura Docet Wonderryck Twente, Oldenzaalsestraat 39, 7591 GL Denekamp, the Netherlands. Email: e.mulder@wonderryck.nl Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht, De Bosquetplein 6-7, 6211 KJ Maastricht, the Netherlands

Abstract

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A specimen of the Early Cretaceous amiiform fish Calamopleurus cylindricus with stomach content is described from the Santana Formation, Brazil. The prey concerns a smaller conspecific individual. Until now, prey items documented for Calamopleurus almost exclusively involved the aspidorhynchid Vinctifer. On the basis of the present record it is suggested that the prey preference of Calamopleurus was less pronounced than previously assumed.

Keywords

Lower Cretaceousprey itemsfish eating
Type
Research Article
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 92 , Issue 2-3 , September 2013 , pp. 119 - 122
Copyright
Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2013

Footnotes

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In: Mulder, E.W.A., Jagt, J.W.M. & Schulp, A.S. (eds): The Sunday's child of Dutch earth sciences – a tribute to Bert Boekschoten on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

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