Dercetoides
Extinct genus of fishes
| Dercetoides Temporal range: Early Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | †Dercetidae |
| Genus: | †Dercetoides Chalifa, 1989 |
| Species: | †D. venator |
| Binomial name | |
| †Dercetoides venator Chalifa, 1989 | |
Dercetoides (meaning "resemblant of Dercetis") is a genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish from the Late Cretaceous period.[1][2] It contains a single species, D. venator, known from the early Cenomanian-aged Amminadav Fomation of the West Bank, Palestine.[1] It was a member of the Dercetidae, a group of elongated aulopiform fish that were related to modern lancetfish and lizardfish.[3]
References
- ^ a b "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
- ^ Chalifa, Yael (1989-09-28). "Two new species of longirostrine fishes from the Early Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) of Ein-Yabrud, Israel, with comments on the phylogeny of the Dercetidae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 9 (3): 314–328. doi:10.1080/02724634.1989.10011765. ISSN 0272-4634.
- ^ Silva, Hilda M. A.; Gallo, Valéria (2011). "Taxonomic review and phylogenetic analysis of Enchodontoidei (Teleostei: Aulopiformes)". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 83: 483–511. doi:10.1590/S0001-37652011000200010. ISSN 0001-3765.
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