Biology:Prohalecites
| Prohalecites | |
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| Prohalecites sp. fossil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Infraclass: | Teleosteomorpha |
| Order: | †Prohaleciteiformes Arratia, 2017[1] |
| Family: | †Prohaleciteidae Arratia, 2017[1] |
| Genus: | †Prohalecites Deecke, 1889 |
| Species: | †P. porroi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Prohalecites porroi (Bellotti, 1857)
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Prohalecites is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish from the Ladinian and possibly Carnian (Triassic) of Italy.[2] It is the oldest known teleosteomorph, a group that includes extant teleosts and their close fossil relatives.[3]
The type and only known species, Prohalecites porroi, was first described as "Pholidophorus porroi" by Cristoforo Bellotti, but it was later accommodated in its own genus by Wilhelm Deecke. The species "Pholidophorus" microlepidotus has occasionally been included in this genus as well, but it differed greatly from P. porroi in several respects, indicating that it was not closely related.[2]
Species of Prohalecites are small, often measuring not more than 4 centimetres (1.6 in) in body length.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. Bibcode: 2017JVPal..37E2690A. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317125374.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tintori, A. (1990). "The actinopterygian fish Prohalecites from the Triassic of northern Italy". Palaeontology 33: 155–174. https://www.palass.org/sites/default/files/media/publications/palaeontology/volume_33/vol33_part1_pp155-174.pdf.
- ↑ Arratia, G. (2015). "Complexities of early teleostei and the evolution of particular morphological structures through time.". Copeia 103 (4): 999–1025. doi:10.1643/CG-14-184.
- ↑ Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (February 2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. PMID 25431138.
Wikidata ☰ Q7248898 entry
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