Plethodidae
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| Plethodidae Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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| Pentanogmius evolutus reconstruction | |
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| Rhamphoichthys taxidiotis reconstruction | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Tselfatiiformes |
| Family: | †Plethodidae Loomis, 1900 |
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Plethodidae is an extinct family of teleost fish that existed during the Late Cretaceous period. Fossils are known from North America, North Africa, and Europe.
Description
[edit | edit source]Plethodids possessed thin, angelfish-like bodies and often had high dorsal fins which made them distinctive from other types of fish. Their skeletons were partially cartilaginous, though the amount varied from one species to another.[2]
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Genera
[edit | edit source]Plethodidae contains the following genera:[3]
- Bachea
- Bananogmius
- Concavotectum?[4]
- Dixonanogmius
- Enischnorhynchus
- Luxilites
- Martinichthys
- Moorevillia
- Niobrara
- Paranogmius
- Pentanogmius
- Plethodus
- Pseudanogmius
- Pseudothryptodus
- Rhamphoichthys[5]
- Syntegmodus
- Thryptodus
- Tselfatia
- Zanclites
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ GBIF. "Plethodidae – Checklist View." Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Global Biodiversity Information Facility, 2014.
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