Caprosimilis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Genus: †Caprosimilis
†C. carpathicus

Name

†Caprosimilis Bieńkowska-Wasiluk & Bonde, 2015

Etymology: From the Latin similis and genus Capros Lacépéde, because the fish in general looks similar to species of this genus.

Note: Series, order and family incertae sedis, but acc. to the authors a close relative of members of Caproidae.

Bieńkowska-Wasiluk, M. & Bonde, N., 2015: A new Oligocene relative of the Caproidae (Teleostei: Acanthopterygii) from the Outer Carpathians, Poland. Bulletin of Geosciences, 90 (2): 461–478. DOI: 10.3140/bull.geosci.1520