Elopoides

Elopoides Temporal range: Late Albian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Elopiformes
Family:	Megalopidae
Genus:	† Elopoides Wenz, 1965
Species:	†E. tomassoni
Binomial name
†Elopoides tomassoni Wenz, 1965

Elopoides (meaning "similar to Elops ") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish known from the Early Cretaceous of Europe. ^{[1] [2]} It contains a single species, E. tomassoni, known from the late Albian of Aube, France. It is thought to be a stem-group megalopid, making it closely related to modern tarpons. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

It is known from a single, complete skull with a well-preserved endocast of the brain, allowing the morphology of the braincase to be compared with other, more basal ray-finned fish. Otoliths may also be preserved. ^{[6] [7]}

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
2. Forey, Peter L. (1973). A Revision of the Elopiform Fishes, Fossil and Recent. British Museum (Natural History).
3. Near, Thomas J.; Thacker, Christine E. (2024-04-18). "Phylogenetic Classification of Living and Fossil Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii)" . Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 65 (1). doi:10.3374/014.065.0101. ISSN   0079-032X.
4. Murray, Alison M.; Hoşgör, Izzet (2012-03-01). "An early Oligocene elopiform fish from a new locality in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey" . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (2): 296–303. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.648248. ISSN   0272-4634.
5. Khalloufi, Bouziane; El Houssaini Darif, Khadija; Jourani, Essaid; Khaldoune, Fatima; Jalil, Nour-Eddine (2019-10-21). "A new Palaeocene Megalopidae (Teleostei, Elopomorpha) from the phosphate basins of Morocco" . Historical Biology. 31 (9): 1–10. doi:10.1080/08912963.2018.1443327. ISSN   0891-2963.
6. Giles, Sam; Rogers, Molly; Friedman, Matt (2018). "Bony labyrinth morphology in early neopterygian fishes (Actinopterygii: Neopterygii)". Journal of Morphology. 279 (4): 426–440. doi:10.1002/jmor.20551. ISSN   1097-4687. PMID   27165962.
7. Schwarzhans, Werner; Beckett, Hermione T.; Schein, Jason D.; Friedman, Matt (2018). "Computed tomography scanning as a tool for linking the skeletal and otolith-based fossil records of teleost fishes". Palaeontology. 61 (4): 511–541. doi:10.1111/pala.12349. hdl: 2027.42/144669 . ISSN   1475-4983.