Biology:Thrissops
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Thrissops (from Greek: θρῐ́ξ thrix, 'hair' and Greek: ὄψις ópsis 'look')[1] is an extinct genus of stem-teleost fish from the Jurassic period (Kimmeridgian to Tithonian).[2] Its fossils are known from the Solnhofen Limestone,[3] as well as the Kimmeridge Clay.
Thrissops was a fast predatory fish up to 90 centimetres (35 in) long,[4] that fed on other bony fish.[5] It had a streamlined body with a deeply cleft tail and only very small pelvic fins. Thrissops was one of the smaller members of the order Ichthyodectiformes, which also included larger representatives like Xiphactinus and Saurodon.[6]
References
- ↑ Roberts, George (1839) (in English). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 171. https://archive.org/details/anetymologicala00robegoog. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ↑ Cavin, Lionel; Piuz, André; Ferrante, Christophe; Guinot, Guillaume (2021-06-03). "Giant Mesozoic coelacanths (Osteichthyes, Actinistia) reveal high body size disparity decoupled from taxic diversity" (in en). Scientific Reports 11 (1): 11812. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-90962-5. ISSN 2045-2322. PMID 34083600. Bibcode: 2021NatSR..1111812C.
- ↑ Solnhofen und seine Fossilien: Thrissops
- ↑ Ebert, Martin (2025-07-25). "New species of the genus Thrissops (Teleostei, Ichthyodectiformes) in the Upper Jurassic of the Solnhofen-Archipelago (Germany) and Kimmeridge Clay (England)" (in en). Zitteliana 99: 1–32. doi:10.3897/zitteliana.99.159055. ISSN 2747-8106. https://zitteliana.pensoft.net/article/159055/.
- ↑ Orvar Nybelin, "Versuch einer taxonomischen revision der jurassischen Fischgattung Thrissops Agassiz", Nature (1964)
- ↑ Palmer, D., ed (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 39. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.
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