Biology:Parechelus
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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes
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| Order: | Anguilliformes
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| Family: | †Parechelidae Casier, 1967
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| Genus: | †Parechelus Casier, 1967[2]
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| †Parechelus prangei Casier, 1967
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Parechelus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Ypresian (lower Eocene).[1] The genus was circumscribed by Edgard Casier in 1967 for his description of P. parechelus.[2]
When Casier circumscribed this genus, he simultaneously defined the family Parechelidae, with Parechelus as its sole genus; and placed it in the order Anguilliformes.[2] The family Parechelidae was considered to be intermediate between Ophichthidae and Muraenidae.[3] Jack Sepkoski, citing Colin Patterson, also classified the genus in Anguilliformes.[1]
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sepkoski, Jr., J. John (2002). "A Compendium of Fossil Marine Animal Genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 310. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27980532.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Casier, Edgard (1967). "Poissons de l'Éocène inférieur de Katharinenhof-Fehmarn (Schleswig-Holstein)". Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 43 (25): 8–1. http://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences-bulletin-de-linstitut-royal-des-sciences-naturelles-de-belgique-bulletin-van-het-koninklijk-belgisch-instituut-voor-natuurwetenschappen/43-1967/irscnb_p4087_rbins17630_43_bulletin-25.pdf; Pl. 1, fig. 1.
- ↑ Young, Sally V. T.; Williams, R. J. (2008). "New information on the cranial anatomy of the eel genus Echelus Rafinesque, 1810 (Ophichthidae: Anguilliformes) from the Early Eocene". Geological Society, London, Special Publications 295 (1): 317. doi:10.1144/SP295.15. Bibcode: 2008GSLSP.295..311Y.
External links
- Rees, Tony (2011). "Parechelidae †". http://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101527. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- Rees, Tony (2011). "Parechelus Casier, 1967 †". http://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1329610. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
Wikidata ☰ Q7136622 entry
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