Biology:Ctenothrissiformes

Short description: Extinct order of fishes

Ctenothrissiformes
Fossil of Ctenothrissa vexillifer
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Clade:	Neoteleostei
Clade:	Eurypterygii
Clade:	Ctenosquamata
(unranked):	Acanthomorpha
Order:	Ctenothrissiformes Berg 1937
Families
Aulolepidae Patterson 1964 Ctenothrissidae Woodward 1901
Synonyms
Ctenothrissoidei

Ctenothrissiformes is an extinct order of prehistoric ray-finned fish.

Timeline of genera

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from: -140.2   till:  -136.4    color:earlycretaceous  text:Valan. 
from: -136.4   till:  -130    color:earlycretaceous  text:Hauterivian            
from: -130    till: -125    color:earlycretaceous    text:Barrem.
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color:latecretaceous bar:NAM3  from:-95.5    till:-93.5 text:Heterothrissa
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Taxonomy

• Order Ctenothrissiformes Berg 1937
  • Family †Aulolepidae Patterson 1964
    • Genus †Aulolepis Agassiz 1836 non Geinitz 1849
      • †A. reussi Geinitz 1849
      • †A. typa Agassiz 1844
    • Genus †Cyclolepis Geinitz 1868 non Gillies ex Don 1832 non Moquin-Tandon 1834
      • †C. agassizi Geinitz 1868
      • †C. stenodina Cockerell 1919
  • Family †Ctenothrissidae Woodward 1901
    • Genus †Heterothrissa Gaudant 1978
      • †Heterothrissa signeuxae Gaudant 1978
    • Genus †Ctenothrissa Woodward 1899
      • †C. enigmatica Gaudant 1978
      • †C. microcephala (Agassiz 1835-1838) [Beryx microcephalus Agassiz 1835-1838]
      • †C. protodorsalis Gaudant 1978
      • †C. radians (Agassiz 1835-1838) [Beryx radians Agassiz 1835-1838]
      • †C. signifer Hay 1903
      • †C. vexillifer (Pictet 1850) [Beryx vexillifer Pictet 1850]

References

• Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2011-05-17. 

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