| Beckius | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Subfamily: | Coregoninae |
| Genus: | †Beckius David, 1946 |
| Species: | †B. plicatus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Beckius plicatus David, 1946 | |
Beckius is an extinct genus of marinewhitefish known from theEarly Oligocene[1] ofCalifornia. It contains a single species,B. plicatus, known only from a single fossilized scale from theTumey Formation, alens of theKreyenhagen Shale. The scale was found to resemble those ofCoregonus, although significantly different in many ways, leading to its classification as a new genus of Coregoninae.[2][3][4]
The genus name was later reused in 1992 for ascarab beetle fromNew Guinea, until it was discovered to be preoccupied; the beetle was thus renamedDebeckius.[5]
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)