# Musperia

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Genus of fishes

Musperia Temporal range: ?early-mid Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Osteoglossiformes Family: Osteoglossidae Subfamily: †Phareodontinae Genus: †Musperia Sanders, 1934 Species: †M. radiata Binomial name †Musperia radiata (Heer, 1874)

***Musperia*** is a genus of fossil [bonytongue](/source/Bonytongue) fish found in the [Sangkarewang Formation](/source/Sangkarewang_Formation), [Sumatra](/source/Sumatra), Indonesia. Reaching almost 60 cm in length, it lived in an [Early Eocene](/source/Ypresian)-aged freshwater environment. It had a deep body profile similar to related taxa such as *[Phareodus](/source/Phareodus)*.[1][2]

Little is known about this genus, as most of the original specimens were destroyed during [World War II](/source/World_War_II), with only two very small specimens (approx. 10 cm) left that were discovered later. One among these two specimens still retains its head, albeit severely crushed and displaced.[1][2]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_1-1) Taverna, L. (31 October 2009). ["New insights on the osteology and taxonomy of the osteoglossid fishes Phareodus, Brychaetus and Musperia (Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha)"](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287624848_New_insights_on_the_osteology_and_taxonomy_of_the_osteoglossid_fishes_Phareodus_Brychaetus_and_Musperia_Teleostei_Osteoglossomorpha). *Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre*. **79**: 175–190 – via ResearchGate.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:1_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:1_2-1) Capobianco, Alessio; Zouhri, Samir; Friedman, Matt (2024-12-28). ["A long-snouted marine bonytongue (Teleostei: Osteoglossidae) from the early Eocene of Morocco and the phylogenetic affinities of marine osteoglossids"](https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae015/7648739). *Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society*. **203** (1). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae015](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fzoolinnean%2Fzlae015). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0024-4082](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0024-4082).

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