Ctenothrissa

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Ctenothrissa
Temporal range: Cenomanian to Turonian
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Ctenothrissiformes - Ctenothrissa vexillifer.JPG
Fossil of Ctenothrissa vexillifer (Pictet, 1850) from Lebanon
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ctenothrissiformes
Family: Ctenothrissidae
Genus: Ctenothrissa
Woodward, 1899
Type species
Beryx vexillifer
Pictet, 1850
Species

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Ctenothrissa is a prehistoric genus of marine ray-finned fish in the order Ctenothrissiformes. [1] It contains a number of species known from the Late Cretaceous (middle Cenomanian to early Turonian) of England and Lebanon. [2] [3]

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Taxonomy

The following species are known:

These Teleostei are only known from fossils. While they are sometimes included in the superorder Acanthopterygii or Protacanthopterygii, this is neither well-supported, nor is the monophyly of the "Ctenothrissiformes" robustly established. It has instead been suggested by some authors that the supposed order is a paraphyletic assemblage of ancient moderately advanced Teleostei; for example, the ctenothrissiform Aulolepis is found by some authors to be an aulopiform. [5] [6]

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