Plethodidae
| Plethodidae Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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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
Plethodids possessed thin, angelfish-like bodies and often had high dorsal fins which made them distinctive from other types of fish. Their bodies contained cartilage, though the amount varied from one species to another.[2]
Genera
As of 2005, there are seventeen recognized genera in the family Plethodidae:[3]
- Bachea
- Bananogmius
- Dixonanogmius
- Enischorhynchus
- Luxilites
- Martinichthys
- Moorevillia
- Niobrara
- Paranogmius
- Pentanogmius
- Plethodus
- Pseudonogmius
- Pseudothryptodus
- Syntegmodus
- Thryptodus
- Tselfatia
- Zanclites
References
- ^ GBIF. “Plethodidae – Checklist View.” Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Global Biodiversity Information Facility, 2014.
- ^ Everhart, Mike (23 Aug 2011). "Plethodids". Oceans of Kansas. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- ^ "Phylogenetical Relationships and Paleozoogeography of the Marine Cretaceous Tselfatiiformes (Teleostei, Clupeocephala)". Cymbium. 29 (1): 65–87. 2005.
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