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Halecidae

Halecidae is an extinct family of aulopiform ray-finned fish known from the Cretaceous Period. It is one of the Enchodontoidei, a diverse group of aulopiforms that were dominant marine fish during the Cretaceous Period.

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Halecidae
Temporal range:
Phylactocephalus microlepis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Suborder: †Enchodontoidei
Family: †Halecidae
Agassiz, 1834
Genera

Halecidae is an extinct family of aulopiform ray-finned fish known from the Cretaceous Period.1 It is one of the Enchodontoidei, a diverse group of aulopiforms that were dominant marine fish during the Cretaceous Period.2

It contains the following genera:23

The genera Hemisaurida and Serrilepis are also sometimes included in the family, though more recent studies have placed them outside it.24

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References

  1. "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  2. Silva, Hilda M. A.; Gallo, Valéria (2011). "Taxonomic review and phylogenetic analysis of Enchodontoidei (Teleostei: Aulopiformes)". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 83 (2): 483–511. doi:10.1590/S0001-37652011000200010. ISSN 0001-3765. PMID 21670874.
  3. Chida, Mori (Fall 2022). "A new species of dercetid and the assessment of the phylogeny of the Enchodontoidei (Teleostei: Aulopiformes)". ERA. doi:10.7939/r3-nqmz-nf15. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  4. Forey, Peter L.; Yi, Lu; Patterson, Colin; Davies, Cliff E. (2003). "Fossil fishes from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Namoura, Lebanon". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 1 (4): 227–330. Bibcode:2003JSPal...1..227F. doi:10.1017/S147720190300107X. ISSN 1477-2019.