Biology:Telepholis
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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).
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dietze, Kathrin (2009). "Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of certain neoteleostean fishes from the Upper Cretaceous of Sendenhorst, Germany". Cretaceous Research 30 (3): 559–574. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2008.11.001. ISSN 0195-6671. Bibcode: 2009CrRes..30..559D. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195667108001559. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
Wikidata ☰ Q15725733 entry
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