Biology:Pholidophoridae

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Short description: Extinct family of ray-finned fishes

Pholidophoridae
Temporal range: Anisian to Norian
Pholidorhynchodon malzannii.JPG
Fossil of Pholidorhynchodon malzanni
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pholidophoriformes
Family: Pholidophoridae
Woodward, 1890
Genera[3]
  • Annaichthys Arratia, 2013
  • Ceneichthys Taverne & Capasso, 2015[1]
  • Eopholidophorus Zambelli, 1989
  • Knerichthys Arratia, 2013
  • Lombardichthys Arratia, 2017
  • Malingichthys Tintori et al., 2015
  • Parapholidophorus Zambelli, 1975
  • Pholidoctenus Zambelli, 1977
  • Pholidophoretes Griffith, 1977
  • Pholidophorus Agassiz, 1832 (Type)
  • Pholidorhynchodon Zambelli, 1980
  • Pseudopholidoctenus Arratia & Schultze, 2024[2]
  • Zambellichthys Arratia, 2013

Pholidophoridae is an extinct family of primitive stem-teleost fish that lived during the Triassic period, from the Anisian age of the Middle Triassic to the Norian age of the Late Triassic. Most of the genera are from Europe, but one (Malingichthys) is known from China.[3] The pholidophorids were historically united with several other stem-teleost lineages into the order Pholidophoriformes, but Pholidophoriformes in its traditional sense is now considered paraphyletic with respect to crown group teleosts.[4]

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram simplified after Bean (2021):[5]

Teleosteomorpha

Pachycormidae

Aspidorhynchidae

Teleostei

Archaeomaenidae

Pholidophoridae

Annaichthys

Pholidophoretes

Malingichthys

Pholidoctenus

Parapholidophorus

Pholidophorus

Lombardichthys

Pholidorhynchodon

Prohalecites

Eurycormus

Ankylophoridae

Ichthyokentema

Dorsetichthys

Leptolepis

Ascalaboidae

Varasichthyidae

Crown group Teleostei

References

  1. Taverne, L. (2018). "The Mesozoic fish genus Pholidophorus (Teleostei, Pholidophoriformes), with an osteological study of the type-species Pholidophorus latiusculus. Comments on some problems concerning the "pholidophoriform" fishes". Geo-Eco-Trop. 42 (1): 89–116. https://geoecotrop.be/uploads/publications/pub_421_07.pdf. 
  2. Arratia, G.; Schultze, H.-P. (2024). "The oldest teleosts (Teleosteomorpha): their early taxonomic, phenotypic, and ecological diversification during the Triassic". Fossil Record 27 (1): 29–53. doi:10.3897/fr.27.115970. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Arratia, G. (2017). "New Triassic teleosts (Actinopterygii, Teleosteomorpha) from northern Italy and their phylogenetic relationships among the most basal teleosts". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37 (2): e1312690. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1312690. Bibcode2017JVPal..37E2690A. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317125374. 
  4. Arratia, G. (2013). "Morphology, taxonomy, and phylogeny of Triassic pholidophorid fishes (Actinopterygii, Teleostei)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 (sup1): 1–138. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.835642. Bibcode2013JVPal..33S...1A. 
  5. Bean, L. B. (2021). "Revision of the Mesozoic freshwater fish clade Archaeomaenidae". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 45 (2): 217–259. doi:10.1080/03115518.2021.1937700. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353450210. 

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