Enchelyolepis

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Enchelyolepis
Temporal range: Tithonian–Berriasian
Enchelyolepis andrewsi NHM-UK P PV-P-6303 1-S.jpg
Specimen of E. andrewsi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Ginglymodi
Order: Semionotiformes
Family: Macrosemiidae
Genus: Enchelyolepis
Woodward, 1918
Type species
Macrosemius andrewsi
Woodward, 1895
Species

Enchelyolepis (meaning "eel-like scale") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish known from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of Europe. [1] [2] It was a member of the Macrosemiidae, a family of ginglymodians distantly related to modern gars, and contains two species that were both previously described as species of Macrosemius . [3]

The following species are known: [4]

Morphological comparison of E. andrewsi (left) and E. pectoralis (right) Enchelyolepis andrewsi - E. pectoralis.jpg
Morphological comparison of E. andrewsi (left) and E. pectoralis (right)

Both species were very small for their order, with E. andrewsi being only 35 millimetres (1.4 in) in length. [4]

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