| Pleuropholidae Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Family: | †Pleuropholidae Saint-Seine, 1949 |
Pleuropholidae is an extinct family of stem-teleost fish that lived from the Middle Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous. It is one of several families that were historically placed in the paraphyletic order Pholidophoriformes.[1][2] Pleuropholids can be distinguished from other "pholidophoriforms" by the elongated scales on the sides of their bodies.[1]
Taxonomy
The family has five genera:[1][2]
- Austropleuropholis
- Gondwanapleuropholis
- Parapleuropholis
- Pleuropholis
- Zurupleuropholis
References
- 1 2 3 Brito, P. M; Gallo, V. (2002). "A new pleuropholid, Gondwanapleuropholis longimaxillaris n. g., n. sp. (Actinopterygii: Teleostei) from the Jurassic of north east Brazil". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 1 (8): 697–703. Bibcode:2002CRPal...1..697B. doi:10.1016/S1631-0683(02)00080-5.
- 1 2 Giordano, P. G.; Succar, C. A.; Codorniú, L.; Cione, A. L.; Arratia, G. (2018). "Zurupleuropholis gen. nov. (Teleostei, Albian, Argentina), first pleuropholids from the Cretaceous of South America". Cretaceous Research. 84: 223–239. Bibcode:2018CrRes..84..223G. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.017.
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