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Plethodus

Plethodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish. It is the type genus of the family Plethodidae.

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Plethodus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Tselfatiiformes
Family: †Plethodidae
Genus: †Plethodus
Dixon, 1850
Species
  • P. expansus Dixon, 1850
  • P. libycus Weiler, 1935
  • P. oblongus Dixon, 1850
  • P. pentagon Woodward, 1899
  • P. tibniensis Schaal, 1984

Plethodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish.12 It is the type genus of the family Plethodidae.3

Fossils are known from Cenomanian aged deposits in Europe,4 Egypt,56 and Texas.3

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References

  1. "Plethodus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
  2. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  3. Shimada, Kenshu (2020). "An Enigmatic Snouted Bony Fish, Plethodus sp. (Actinopterygii: Tselfatiiformes), from the Upper Cretaceous Eagle Ford Group of Texas, U.S.A.". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 123 (3–4): 429–434. doi:10.1660/062.123.0312. ISSN 0022-8443.
  4. "Plethodids". oceansofkansas.com. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
  5. Weiler, W. (1935). "Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Ägyptens II. Wirbeltierreste der Baharije-Stufe (unterstes Cenoman) 16. Neue Untersuchungen an den Fischresten". Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung. 32: 1–57.
  6. Schaal, Stephan (1984). "Oberkretazische Osteichthyes (Knochenfische) aus dem Bereich von Bahariya und Kharga, Ägypten, und ihre Aussagen zur Palökologie und Stratigraphie". Berliner geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen. Reihe A, Geologie und Paläontologie. 53: 1–79.