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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Genus: | †Telepholis von der Marck, 1868 |
Telepholis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Cenomanian to Campanian.1
Species
Species in the genus Telepholis as reported in Dietze (2009):2
- Telepholis acrocephalus, von der Marck and Schlüter, 1868 (Type species)
- Telepholis tenuis, Davis 1887
Location/Distribution
Type Locality:2 Sendenhorst (Westphalia, Germany)
Holotype and known collections specimens
The Holotype is specimen "GIM-8434". As reported in Dietze's study : "Complete specimen with poorly preserved head, standard length ca. 112 mm"2
Standard length of 3 specimens (GIM-8425, GIM-8434 and IPB-1631) : 112-160 mm (11.2 - 11.6 cm).
References
References
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- Dietze, Kathrin (2009). "Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of certain neoteleostean fishes from the Upper Cretaceous of Sendenhorst, Germany". Cretaceous Research. 30 (3): 559–574. Bibcode:2009CrRes..30..559D. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2008.11.001. ISSN 0195-6671. Retrieved 2022-03-22.