Pleuropholidae

Pleuropholidae; Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Early Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil of Pleuropholis sp.
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 contains the following genera:^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 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. doi:10.1016/S1631-0683(02)00080-5.
^ ^a ^b 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. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.017.

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[Brito2002-1] 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. doi:10.1016/S1631-0683(02)00080-5.

[Giordano2018-2] 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. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.017.

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