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Pholidorhynchodon

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Extinct genus of fishes

Pholidorhynchodon
Fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pholidophoriformes
Family: Pholidophoridae
Genus: Pholidorhynchodon
Zambelli, 1980
Type species
Pholidorhynchodon malzannii
Zambelli, 1980

Pholidorhynchodon is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived in the Triassic. Its fossils have been found in Italy, in the Zorzino Limestone Formation in Cene.

Significance

Pholidorhynchodon belongs to a group of fish that are right at the very base of the teleosts. Teleost fish include almost all living fish species, and have their origins in the Triassic. This makes Pholidorhynchodon important because it provides information about the early evolution and development of this important group.

See also

References

  1. ^ R. Zambelli. 1980. Note sui Pholidophoriformes: IV Contributo: Pholidohynchodon malzannii gen. nov. sp. nov. Rivista del Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali "Enrico Caffi" 2:129-169
  2. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  3. Arratia, G., 2017. New Triassic teleosts (Actinopterygii, Teleosteomorpha) from northern Italy and their phylogenetic relationships among the most basal teleosts. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 37(2), p.e1312690
Teleostei sensu de Pinna, 1996 (= Teleosteomorpha)
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
    • see below↓
Teleostei
Teleostei
Pachycormidae
Hypsocorminae
Asthenocorminae
Aspidorhynchidae
Pholidophoridae
sensu stricto
Archaeomaenidae
Siyuichthyidae
Pleuropholidae
Ankylophoridae
Catervariolidae
Cycloid clade
Leptolepididae
Ascalaboidae
Crossognathiformes
Ichthyodectiformes
Crown-Teleostei
    • see below↓
Leedsichthys problematicus

Aspidorhynchus acutirostris Ichthyokentema purbeckensis

Tharsis dubius
Crown-Teleostei
Elopomorpha
Orthogonikleithridae
Osteoglossomorpha
Tselfatiiformes
Protobramidae
Plethodidae
Clupeocephala
Pentanogmius evolutus
Taxon identifiers
Pholidorhynchodon


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