Biology:Plethodus

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes

Plethodus
Temporal range: Cenomanian
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Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Tselfatiiformes
Family: †Plethodidae
Genus: †Plethodus
Dixon, 1850
Species
  • P. expansus Dixon, 1850
  • P. oblongus Dixon, 1850
  • P. pentagon Woodward, 1899

Plethodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish.[1][2] It is the type genus of the family Plethodidae.[3]

Fossils are mostly known from Europe,[4] but specimens have recently been identified from Texas .[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Plethodus". Paleobiology Database. http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35431. Retrieved November 11, 2012. 
  2. ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-02-27. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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. https://bioone.org/journals/transactions-of-the-kansas-academy-of-science/volume-123/issue-3-4/062.123.0312/An-Enigmatic-Snouted-Bony-Fish-Plethodus-sp-Actinopterygii--Tselfatiiformes/10.1660/062.123.0312.full. 
  4. ↑ "Plethodids". http://oceansofkansas.com/Plethodids.html. 

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