Apsopelix

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Apsopelix
Fossil range: Upper-Late Cretaceous
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Actinopterygii
Superorder: Clupeocephala
Order: Crossognathiformes
Family: Crossognathidae
Genus: Apsopelix

Apsopelix Apsopelix agilis were a type of bony fish that existed about 95-80 million years ago in the shallow waters of the Western Interior Seaway and Hudson Seaway.Size was about 1.5 feet or 10-12cm, most likely they lived in schools but are seldem preserved as fossils. They were prey to the Thalassomedon haningtoni who lived 93-90 Mya.

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