Coriops


Coriops is a genus of prehistoric bony fish. Its fossils are found in Campanian, Maastrichtian, and possibly Paleocene age deposits. This chronological distribution means that the genus may have survived the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event that killed the dinosaurs.

Classification

's compendium of marine fossil genera has it classified as an eel, but it has been classified in the Elopiformes and the Osteoglossomorpha.

Species